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Ice Harbor awaits fish-friendly turbine parts
Mar 17 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Kevin Mccullen Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. - A replacement part for an aging turbine at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam could serve as a prototype of a new turbine design that federal managers hope provides safer passage for fish, officials said Tuesday. More...
Massena dam studies deemed complete
Mar 17 - Watertown Daily Times - The Massena Electric Department has cleared a major hurdle in its efforts to build a hydroelectric dam on the Grasse River. More...
The future of the Falls Power-plant turbine upgrade could alter views of Shoshone Falls
Mar 14 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Nate Poppino The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho - Tucked in one corner of Shoshone Falls are two small turbines, installed a century ago when the Magic Valley was young. More...
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Benchmark report on cost of electricity generation - from nuclear to tidal - updated for 2010 by Parsons Brinckerhoff
Parsons Brinckerhoff Power - Parsons Brinckerhoff, the international engineering consultant and leading power specialist, has today issued the 2010 update to its Powering the Nation report to reflect recent major changes in the economy and in the power plant market. more...
House Voice on Energy Independence and Global Warming to Make Case for 2010 Action on Energy and Climate Change
Energy Central - Energy Central, the leading resource in the global power industry for news, events, databases, insight and analysis, announced today that legislative heavyweight on energy issues, Representative Ed Markey, D-Mass., will meet with industry leaders at the EnergyBiz Leadership Forum in Washington D.C., February 28 - March 2, 2010. 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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Canadian Energy in a Changing Climate

By Harry Valentine
The Northeastern United States receives a large percentage of its electrical power from Canadian hydroelectric power dams. California imported electric power from the hydroelectric power dams of British Columbia during a power shortage. more...
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The Case for Expanding Pumped Hydroelectric Storage

By Harry Valentine
Advances that are occurring in energy conversion technologies and in the marine shipping industry could strengthen the case for high capacity pumped hydraulic energy storage at Niagara Falls. more...
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Micro-hydroelectric Power from Fog Fences

By Harry Valentine
Fog fences have been used for decades to collect the water droplets from dew and fog after which the moisture is sent to storage systems via piping systems. These fences are typically located at higher more...
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