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Proposed hydropower project draws some flak: Informational meeting to be repeated tonight in Milton
Jan 31 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Nolan Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H. - An informational meeting about a proposed hydropower project in downtown Milton, called at short notice last Friday afternoon, did not generate the goodwill that sometimes accompanies green energy projects. More...
Minnesota Power makes deal with Manitoba Hydro
Jan 30 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Leslie Brooks Suzukamo Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. - Minnesota Power believes it has a formula for meeting its needs for more clean energy without worrying about the fickleness of wind energy. More...
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...
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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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Prospects to Generate Waterspouts to Increase Hydroelectric Power

By Harry Valentine
Canadian engineer Louis Michaud of Vortex Engine has undertaken much research into producing artificial tornadoes that may drive wind turbines. Michaud based his research on the occurrence of natural tornadoes, cyclones and the counterpart, waterspouts more...
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Small Hydro Power Generation along with Thermal Power Plants: an introduction to Use of Modified Electronic Governor Control Systems

By S. Deepak Kumar
Fuel prices are going up very rapidly. We need to think upon harnessing non-conventional sources of energy to our maximum. Up till now only those sites, which are large enough, where economy of scale enabled more...
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Adapting a Mayan Hydraulic Concept to Modern Hydroelectric Power Generation

By Harry Valentine
While the engineers of the Mayan Empire are credited with having developed suspension bridges and buildings that could survive earthquakes, they are also credited with having initiated several innovative feats of hydraulic engineering that date more...
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Hydro Industry Seeks to Weaken Standards

By Peter Bosshard
Just like developers and contractors, affected people need enforceable rights in dam projects. The public interest must in cost effectiveness and environmental protection must be safeguarded by clear standards. Yet the dam industry is currently more...
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Cambodia: Chinese hydro concessions generate controversy

By Grainne Ryder
In a desperate bid to attract investment in Cambodia's failing power sector, the government is offering guaranteed power revenues to Chinese companies willing to finance and build large hydro dams, and sell their entire output more...
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