Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Georgia Kakha Kaladze met with representatives of the State Bank of India and Trans Electric, an investing company of Khudoni HPP, on Wednesday. According to Kaladze, State Bank of India is interested in joining the Khudoni HPP funding. After the examination of the financial risks of the project, the State Bank of India will take a decision on allocating a loan fo ...

Pakistan’s first hydroelectric Independent Power Project (IPP) – the 84-megawatt New Bong Escape hydropower project – has commenced commercial operations after obtaining certification by an independent engineer appointed by the power purchaser (CPPA/NTDC). The hydropower project, which is located about 7.5 kilometres downstream of Mangla Dam in Azad Kashmir, will utilise River Jhelum water which is being wa ...

Water resources and hydropower engineering company China International Water & Electric Corp. (CWE) is interested in building two small hydro power plants (SHPPs) on the river Zapadna Morava, in western Serbia, Belgrade-based media has reported. Visiting officials from the Chinese company agreed at a meeting with the mayor of the central town of Trstenik Miroslav Aleksic to notify their plans to the rel ...

China and Thailand are interested in investing in hydropower projects in the Thanlwin River, said a senior official from the Ministry of Electric Power’s Department of Hydropower Implementation on March 20. “They [China and Thailand] are interested because they are worried about future electricity demand. Due to increasing populations and development, the production rate cannot meet the consumption rate of ...

AGL Energy Limited (AGL) today announced that it will commence a major refurbishment  program at its West Kiewa Power Station from 26 March 2013 until 30 July 2013. The refurbishment program includes installing new turbines and main inlet valves in the power  station. The program demonstrates AGL’s ongoing commitment to the renewable energy resources available from the existing Kiewa Hydro-electric Scheme. ...

Indian renewable energy owner and operator Greenko has added six new run-of-river hydroelectric plants to its development pipeline, it was recently announced. Funding for the projects will come in large part from the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), which announced that it will invest approximately US$150 million into the projects via Greenko's Mauritius division. The six hydel plants w ...

Vinacomin Power Holding Corp. has awarded a US$26.6 million contract to a Consortium of Alstom and Hydrochina Huadong Engineering Corp. to supply Turbines and Electromechanical equipment for the 154 MW Dong Nai 5 Hydro project in Vietnam. The $302 million Dong Nai 5 complex, on the Dong Nai River, is part of Vietnam's Power Development Master Plan VII and will begin operation in August 2015, Alstom said. Al ...

Residents Downstream of Bundaberg's Paradise Dam have been warned to Anticipate Minor Flooding this week to allow Dam Repairs as water is deliberately released. SunWater will stop the spillway flow and lower the dam level to assess the spillway dissipator - a concrete slab at the foot of the spillway which takes the brunt of overflowing water. An extra 23,000 megalitres per day will be released into the Bur ...

Amid controversy over the legality of hydroelectric projects run in Jammu and Kashmir, NHPC's Finance Director has said that there is no illegality involved whatsoever in the J&K Region Projects. NHPC and J&K government have locked horns over several projects which the former is operating in the state. In a recent article, Mr. Srivastava said that if any political party rakes up the issue of taking ...

Tajikistan’s Energy and Industry Ministry is planning to build nine mid-sized hydro-power stations on the Sukhrob and Khingov rivers. The planned power stations not only would increase power generation but also would prolong the life of the Vakhsh Cascade system of hydro-power stations. Five power stations with capacity of 160-850MW on the Khingov and four stations with capacity of 400-600MW on the Sukhrob ...