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28 November 2011

New Zealand renewable energy utility to be put up for sale

A major hydropower producer in New Zealand may go up for sale as a number of government assets look to be released.

3 November 2011

Chinese power group to take to public markets to raise cash for wind subsidiaryp

A Chinese power company is looking to raise cash through the public markets to invest in its hydropower and wind subsidiaries.

27 September 2011

Alstom-led group wins €310m Brazilian hydro order

A consortium consisting of French energy company Alstom and Brazilian engineering businesses CESBE and Areva Kolblitz has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth €310m from Consorcio Amapa Energia to construct a 373.4MW hydroelectric plant on the Jari river in northern Brazil.

7 September 2011

US invests $17m into hydropower projects

The US Department of Energy and Department of the Interior have launched a $17m fund to be deployed over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower.

16 August 2011

SN Power targets Brazil with $440m buy-out of Desenvix

Hydropower investor SN Power has entered into a $440m agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in Brazilian renewable power company Desenvix.

16 August 2011

RusHydro invests in marine energy research as it looks to develop 8GW project

The board of directors for Russia’s largest electricity producer RusHydro have approved plans to set up a new research company called the Innovation Centre of Tidal and Wave Energy.

22 June 2011

Brazil’s Copel enters wind sector through portfolio deal

Brazilian hydropower giant Companhia Paranaense de Energia has made a strategic move into the wind sector through the partial acquisition of four wind farms.

5 May 2011

Alstom opens Indian hydropower manufacturing site

Engineering and power giant Alstom has opened a factory in India, which will help it target the country's growing hydropower sector.

24 March 2011

Voith Hydro supports 2011 Hydropower Improvement Act

The president and CEO of Voith Hydro, Kevin Frank, has announced the company’s strong support for the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011, legislation that would spur hydro deployment and keep energy prices low.

2 December 2010

Aquamarine Power grants £4m Oyster 2 contract to Burntisland

Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power has entered into a £4m contract for its next-generation Oyster wave energy device to be built in Scotland by fabrication contractor Burntisland Fabrications.

30 November 2010

Alstom chosen as supplier for Enerjisa’s Arkun hydropower plant

Power equipment and service provider Alstom has been chosen by Enerjisa Power Generation to build and commission the electro-mechanical equipment for the Arkun hydropower plant in Turkey.

9 November 2010

3i India Fund invests $182m in hydro developer GVK Energy

Infrastructure private equity investor 3i has gained a minority stake in GVK Energy, a subsidiary of Indian developer GVK Power and Infrastructure, with a $182m investment.

5 November 2010

Alstom’s China activities buoy outlook after low H1 orders

Manufacturing giant Alstom has inaugurated a €110m carbon-neutral factory to cement its position in the Chinese hydropower market, despite registering a low order intake in its power sector for the first half of fiscal 2010/2011.

9 August 2010

SSE-backed Green Highlands Renewables to explore small-scale hydro projects in Scotland

Scottish & Southern Energy-backed hydroelectric company Green Highlands Renewables will explore small-scale hydro schemes in Scotland’s northwest Highlands, it was announced today.

26 July 2010

Consulting firm MWH to advise on Scottish and Southern Energy hydro feasibility study

Scottish and Southern Energy has appointed private wastewater, energy and natural resource project developer MWH to provide engineering and technical consultancy services for two major pumped storage hydropower schemes proposed in Scotland.

19 July 2010

Brazil’s Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in need of private investment

The proposed Belo Monte mega dam in Brazil lacks participation investment from the private sector, according to a lobby group.

6 July 2010

AWS to use £1.4m grant to derisk AWS-III marine doughnut

AWS Ocean Energy has received £1.39m grant from the £15m Scottish funding round, which it said will be used to further develop its AWS-III device, a doughnut-shaped multi-cell surface-floating wave power system.

6 July 2010

Scottish WATERS fund makes waves with £15m awards to marine energy

Scotland has awarded about £15m in a series of grants designed to help develop emerging energy technologies and improve the operation of marine renewable energy devices.

7 June 2010

Hydropower is world’s largest renewable power source, report showsp

Hydropower is currently the world's largest renewable source of power generation, accounting for around 20 per cent of the world's total electricity supply, a new report has shown.

1 June 2010

Energy utility Enel to construct Guatemala hydroelectric project

Energy utility Enel is to construct an 84MW hydroelectric project in Guatemala, in conjunction with Italian public-private holding company Simest, in an investment totalling €185m.

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