Tag: hydroelectric

Additive manufacturing is not only suitable for small and filigree structures. Gefertec manufactured a 170kg stainless steel part for the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery at the University of Stuttgart.

In the past, a severe shortcoming of renewables has been that they are intermittent: the power stays on only as long as the wind blows or the sun shines; if the wind blows too hard, the turbines must stop turning in order not to overload the grid. Newer and more efficient storage techniques are changing the equation. It is now possible to store excess power and tap into it during periods of power shortage. This article outlines some of the many technologies employed.

Alstom has been awarded a contract valued at approximately EUR 38 million by Société d’Énergie de la Baie James, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hydro Québec.

Russia's largest diamond producer Alrosa will spend USD 23 million in 2004 to build a hydroelectric power plant in Angola.

Alstom has won two contracts, for a total value of over EUR 25 million, to supply hydro-mechanical equipment for the Omkareshwar and Tuirial projects in India

Alstom has won an order for approximately EUR 5 million from Scottish Power to refurbish two hydro power stations in SW Scotland.

Total investments of CBK Power Co. Ltd, which is owned equally by US firm Edison Mission Energy and IMPSA, will reach USD 470 million this year when CBK completes rehabilitation and new construction work in the former state-owned power plants.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will invite the governments of China and Burma to jointly develop a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric scheme on the Salween River in Tak province.

The Brazilian subsidiary of France's Alstom Power will supply all the equipment for three small-scale hydroelectric projects that the Brazilian subsidiary of Canada's Brascan will build in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul and Parana states under the terms of a USD 17.4 million contract.

ENEL SpA could invest USD 300 million in four hydroelectric power stations in Bulgaria under a deal to buy the four plants...