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Drought hastens end of a region's hydropower era
2014-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The yearslong drought in Central Texas could eventually snuff out a renewable power source that fueled the regions early growth: hydropower. Faced with dwindling water supplies, the Lower Colorado River Authority, which supplies water and energy to much of Central Texas, is limiting downstream water releases for activities like rice farming. Aside from stirring controversy among water users, the changes have shrunk the amount of electricity the agency generates from its six Colorado River dams....
Alstom to supply equipment for Georgian hydropower project
2014-02-25 01:00:00| Power Technology
A consortium led by Alstom has secured a 30m contract to supply equipment for the Shuakhevi hydropower project located in Georgia.
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Rivers run dry as corruption claims surround Romania's hydropower boom
2014-02-04 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Deep into the wilderness of Romania's Southern Carpathian mountains, Bogdan Binescu, an avid angler and environmental campaigner, stops by the white waters of a mountain stream. "This river used to be the only route back to civilisation," he says. "But now civilisation has caught up." A few kilometres on, his meaning becomes clear. Where beech trees had previously risen from the banks of the River Capra, a grey concrete building sits on muddied earth, housing the turbines of a small hydropower...
Andritz to refurbish Shardarinskaya hydropower plant in Kazakhstan
2014-01-22 01:00:00| Power Technology
Andritz Hydro has won a contract from Shardarinskaya HPP, a subsidiary of Samruk Energy, for the modernisation of electromechanical equipment at the 104MW hydropower plant in Kazakhstan.
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Alstom to supply equipment for Ivory Coasts largest hydropower project
2014-01-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
Alstom has won a contract from Sinohydro to provide critical equipment for the 275MW Soubre hydropower project being built on the Naoua falls over Sassandra River in Ivory Coast.
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