The Jammu and Kashmir region administered by India has seen its hydropower generation fall by over 80 per cent, from a nominal installed capacity of 3500 MW to just 606 MW.
Mutual Energy has started a feasibility study for a pumped hydro-energy storage (PHES) reservoir near Carrickfergus, by Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland.
The European Commission has approved a €10 billion Italian scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources to help transition towards a net-zero economy.
Zambia, which currently gets 85 per cent of its electricity from hydropower, is about to approve its third coal-fired power plant in a year.
GE Vernova has secured an order from Dominion Energy to modernise two hydropower units at the Saluda Hydropower plant located approximately 10 miles from Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
The Government of the Australian state of Queensland has abandoned development of a 5 GW pumped storage hydropower project due to be built on the state’s central coast.
Andritz has won a contract from TNB Power Generation to carry out a major uprating of the Chenderoh hydropower plant in Malaysia.
An enduring drought across much of the western United States has caused a drop in US hydropower generation to a 23-year low so far in 2024, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Michael Shanks, Britain’s Energy Minister, has said that developers of renewable energy storage projects, such as pumped hydro, will be offered a guaranteed minimum income to spur investment in technologies that help the country meet its climate targets.
According to the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal (IPPAN), landslides and floods induced by incessant rains have caused damage to powerhouses, transmission lines, and other structures, affecting 16 hydropower plants in Nepal. Details are still being gathered, and the extent of the damage could prove to be greater.