How Norway became Europe’s biggest power exporter
The world’s largest synchronous electricity network has allowed many European countries to make power trading a part of everyday grid balancing. Until now, France has usually acted as the grid’s...
Hydro
Hydropower and geopolitics: winners and losers in the Indian sub-continent
India is moving away from coal, and towards hydropower, as it looks to expand its...
Australian Renewable Agency approves funding for pumped hydro plant
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed to provide $35.8m (A$47m) to support a pumped hydro storage project.
Rebel Energy reaches 157% of its funding target in seven days
Startup energy supplier Rebel Energy has announced that it has raised more than £220,000 in seven days, as part of...
World’s biggest hydroelectric power plants
Hydropower is the world’s biggest source of renewable power generation with a total installed capacity of more than 1,307GW. It...
How can real-time data help wave power development?
Since its inception decades ago, wave power has watched a green tide roll in. But this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally, and all forms of ocean-based energy…
RusHydro power plant to sell power to Russia’s Polyus
Hydroelectricity supplier RusHydro has signed an agreement to power Russian company Polyus' Krasnoyarsk Business Unit (KBU). The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant will provide 1,000 GWh of electricity to KBU this year.…
RheEnergise develops pumped-hydro technology to store clean power
The technology could use hillsides across the UK to provide the country’s energy system with a new long-life source of underground hydro-powered energy storage, the company said. Rather than using…
IRENA partners with IHA to advance hydropower development
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Hydropower Association (IHA) have collaborated to advance sustainable hydropower development. Under the terms of the partnership, the two organisations will work…
A path to fish-friendly hydropower
With total installed capacity of hydropower technologies in Europe reaching 251GW in 2019, the benefits and drawbacks of hydro technologies have found themselves under a spotlight. One issue receiving scrutiny…
Israel is planning to participate in clean energy transition
Battery technology, renewable energy, hydrogen and water are potential areas of cooperation Israel is keen to participate in the clean energy transition of the Arab countries that are party to…
