Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has announced plans to help meet Kenya’s target of generating electricity from 100 per cent renewable sources by 2030.
Zambia’s electricity utility ZESCO has said that as a result of low levels of available water at the Kariba dam, it will be increasing load shedding to 12 hours daily until further notice.
The last generating unit on the Baihetan hydropower plant on the upstream branch of the Yangtze River has been connected to the grid.
GE Hydro Solutions has delivered the first two 300 MW pumped storage units to the Jinzhai hydropower plant in China.
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has ordered the suspension until January of electricity Generation at the Kariba Dam, which supplies power to Zimbabwe until January due to water shortage.
The World Bank is financing a tender to equip state-owned hydroelectric power plants in Ukraine with battery energy storage systems (BESS), as the country’s power infrastructure is being battered by missiles from Russia.
HQI US Holding, a subsidiary of Hydro Québec of Canada, will acquire Great River Hydro for around $2 billion.
Atura Power has awarded a contract to Cummins to design and manufacture a 20 MW electrolyser system for Niagara Hydrogen Centre in Ontario, Canada.
China’s drought has caused it to increase coal consumption as lack of hydroelectric generation forces it to turn to coal to meet electricity demand.
EDP Brazil has agreed to sell its 198 MW Mascarenhas hydropower plant to Victory Hill Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO) of the UK for $235 million.