China's ambassador to Kathmandu was recently pictured in a traditional Nepali cap and silk scarf, digging with a spade to symbolize the laying of the foundations of a new dry port near the Tibet border. The photo opportunity marked the latest in a series of major projects that underscore China's growing economic influence in Nepal, where it is building roads and investing billions of dollars in hydropower a ...

Two Chinese power station builders completed the Zhanhua hydropower station in Vietnam on March 4th, Vietnamese media reported Tuesday. China Guangxi Electric Power Industry Investigation Design and Research Institute, and Guangdong No.2 Hydropower Engineering Co Ltd started the project in October 2009. With a total investment of more than $87 million, the power station will have a annual capacity to produc ...

In anticipation of the 2013 World Congress on Advancing Sustainable Hydropower to be held the first time in Asia, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) has highlighted that Private Investments are Becoming a Major Role in the Hydro Energy Sector. Richard Taylor, executive director of IHA stated during a networking session yesterday that the private sector’s investments in hydro energy was experienc ...

Alstom Hydro China, the hydroelectric division of the French conglomerate's unit in China said it is expected to increase production capacity and its research and development level in 2013. 
The company's new Tianjin facility is expected to be completed in May and is set to become Alstom's largest hydroelectric facility in the world. The new facility will address local, regional and export markets. 
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Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's subsidiary Egat International (EGATi) has signed the shareholders' agreement for the investment in the Bt27 billion Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower project in Laos. EGATi will hold a 30 per cent stake in the 289-megawatt power plant, while KPIC Netherlands BV and Lao Holding State Enterprise (LHSE) will own 45 and 25 per cent, respectively. The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Pr ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is lending $150 million to the Nepal government for development of a $500-million hydropower plant with a 140MW capacity. The hydropower plant, to be located around 150 kilometers west of Kathmandu on the Seti River in Tanahu district, will generate electricity round the year, says an ADB representative in a statement. "To ensure steady supply even during the dry winter mont ...

India will shortly start construction on Rs.3,642.04 crore Kishanganga hydropower project after International Court of Arbitration at The Hague having ruled in its favour. Pakistan had questioned the “legality of the construction and operation of an Indian hydro-electric project” under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. India had said that building the dam was within its rights. The treaty regulates the use o ...

Additional water will be released from Vajiralongkorn dam in Kanchanaburi province in April to power extra hydro-electricity generation when gas supplies from Myanmar are disrupted for routine maintenance. After discussions with the Royal Irrigation Department and other government agencies under the Water Monitoring Sub-committee, Kitti Tancharoen, assistant governor of the EGAT, said it was agreed that 35 ...

Odisha will set up a dedicated public sector company, Green Energy Development Corporation, to provide focused attention to developing small hydro power projects in the state, quoted Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. "We have developed several hydro power plants in the state with an installed capacity of about 2,100 MW. Of late, the ratio of hydro power in the mix of power is reducing because the demand for po ...

An international court of arbitration on the India-Pakistan dispute on Kishenganga hydro project has announced  that of India’s right upheld to divert water for the power plant, but said New Delhi is bound to maintain a minimum flow of water to protect the agricultural interests of Pakistan. Pakistan has claimed that the 330 mw project in Jammu and Kashmir would rob it of 15 per cent of its share of river w ...