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Hydropower projects nixed at five locks and dams

May 12 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Chris Hubbuch La Crosse Tribune, Wis. - Conservationists and angling interests are expressing relief -- but little surprise -- that a Boston company has abandoned plans for five hydroelectric projects on the Upper Mississippi River. More...

ABB wins $20 million Swiss order to boost efficiency of hydroelectric power plants

ABB Inc. - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received orders worth around $20 million from two power utilities managed by Axpo, a leading Swiss power utility, to refurbish the generators at two of its hydroelectric power plants. more...

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ABB hydropower project in Yukon nearing completion four months ahead of schedule

ABB Inc. - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that Yukon Energy Corporations' Mayo B hydroelectric project in Canada's central Yukon - for which ABB is supplying hydro-related mechanical, electrical and automation equipment - is well ahead of schedule and should be producing power before the end of this year. more...

ICF International Integrated Energy Outlook Predicts Up to 40 GW of Coal Plant Retirements in the Next Two Decades

ICF International, Inc. - ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, has released its Integrated Energy Outlook for the third quarter of 2011. more...

Snohomish County PUD's Jackson Hydro Project Big on Environmental Measures

Snohomish County PUD No. 1 - Snohomish County PUD recently received a new 45-year license for its Jackson Hydroelectric Project in the Sultan Basin. more...

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IFS secures new contracts with Three Gorges Group

IFS - IFS, the global enterprise applications company, has signed an agreement with China Yangtze Power Corporation (CYPC) concerning the implementation of IFS Applications at two new mega-hydropower stations on the Jinsha River, China. more...

Two hydropower contracts for €180 million in Latin America

Alstom Power Inc. - Alstom, in consortium with Brazilian engineering companies CESBE and Areva Koblitz, has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth approximately EUR310 million by Consorcio Amapa Energia to provide power equipment for the new 373.4 MW Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric plant to be built on the river Jari in Brazil's Amazonian region. more...

SRA Leads Colorado Small Hydropower Project through Streamlined FERC Review

SRA International, Inc. - SRA International, Inc., a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations, today announced that its renewable energy team has successfully led a 23-kilowatt small hydropower project in rural Meeker, Colorado though a streamlined review process to receive a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) exemption permit. more...

SMUD projects awarded grants totaling nearly $6.5 million to advance hydropower technologies

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) - Two Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) hydroelectric projects were selected by the U.S. more...

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