The Problem & Potential Of Hydropower

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:30:52 +0000

Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford University has explained why investments in wind, water, and solar are the only feasible ways to convert the US and the world to clean energy. However, even the best technologies come with environmental impacts. With encouragement from the federal government, private industry has recently made … [continued]

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200-MW Hydropower Project in Congo Will Support Mining Companies

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:12:22 +0000

An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African […]

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Congo hydropower Grand Inga

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GE Vernova Will Modernize Two Units at Dominion Hydropower Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:12:59 +0000

GE Vernova said it has secured an order with Dominion Energy South Carolina to modernize two hydropower units at the Saluda Hydro facility on the Saluda River about 10 miles […]

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Kenya Moves Forward With Plans for Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:50:54 +0000

Officials with Kenya’s Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) said the country is on track to start construction on its first nuclear power plant by 2027. The group at a […]

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Koeberg remains South Africa’s only nuclear power station. Its two pressurized water reactors produce a total capacity of 1,860MW, representing about 5% of electricity generated by state-owned utility Eskom. Construction of the Koeberg nuclear plant began in 1976, with Unit 1 synchronized to the grid on April 4, 1984, and Unit 2 on July 25, 1985. The plant is at Duynefontein, 27 kilometers north of Cape Town. Courtesy: Eskom

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