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    Senate Energy Committee passes hydro bills to full Senate for voting

    Three pieces of hydroelectric power legislation have received unanimous approval from the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, positioning them for voting in the full Senate. READ MORE

    HydroVision International 2013 Sneak Peek

    Take a sneak peek at everything HydroVision International 2013 can offer

    HydroWorld.com publisher Marla Barnes is issuing an invitation to all members of the hydropower industry to attend a special webcast on Monday, May 17. READ MORE

    Ron Wyden

    Wyden: "Hydro is back"

    More than 500 attendees at the National Hydropower Association Annual Conference roared to their feet as Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers took to the podium during the event's opening session earlier today. READ MORE

    HydroVision International Event Guide

    HydroVision International 2013 Preliminary Event Guide available now

    Those planning to attend the world's largest event dedicated to the hydroelectric power industry can get a head start on their scheduling with the HydroVision International 2013 Preliminary Event Guide. READ MORE

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    Hydroelectric power growing worldwide, new IHA report says

    A recently released International Hydropower Association report shows the past year was one that saw significant investment in hydroelectric development in all regions of the world. READ MORE

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    Zambia seeks EPC contractor for 750-MW Kafue Gorge Lower hydro development project

    05/17/2013 Zambia Electricity Supply Corp. (ZESCO) invites applications for pre-qualification to constru...
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    Canadian hydropower plant opening doors during Ottawa celebration

    05/17/2013 The Ontario Waterpower Association is celebrating this year's Doors Open Ottawa festivities w...
    EWP Signing Ceremony

    Israeli wave energy company opens subsidiary in China

    05/17/2013 Israeli hydrokinetic developer Eco Wave Power and the Chinese government have signed an agree...
    Ernest Moniz

    Senate confirms President's Secretary of Energy nominee

    05/16/2013 The U.S. Senate unanimously approved nominee Ernest Moniz as the nation's new Secretary of En...

    BC Hydro seeks penstock leak detection at 180-MW Bridge River 1

    05/16/2013 Canadian utility BC Hydro seeks bids for penstock leak detection at the 180-MW Bridge River 1...
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    Hydroelectric project developers receive extension from Panama utility regulator

    05/16/2013 The Panama Hydroelectrical Development Company has received an extension from utilities regul...
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    Tajikistan to build six small hydro projects

    05/16/2013 Tajikistan will be home to six new small hydropower plants by the end of the year, according ...

    FERC licenses three hydro projects, reports 62-MW Rainbow expansion on line

    05/16/2013 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued two original hydropower licenses, relicensed ...

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    EWP Signing Ceremony

    Israeli wave energy company opens subsidiary in China

    05/17/2013 Israeli hydrokinetic developer Eco Wave Power and the Chinese government have signed an agree...
    Jirau Hyropower Project

    Japan's Mitsui invests in 3,750-MW Jirau hydroelectric project

    05/15/2013 Capital investment and trading conglomerate Mitsui & Co. has announced it will acquire ab...
    Tocardo Turbine

    Tocardo, Climex make tidal energy distribution deal

    05/14/2013 Renewable power trader Climex has agreed to sell marine energy generated by Tocardo Tidal Tur...

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    Dhaka, May 18 -- India-China border row in Ladakh has eclipsed unresolved water-sharing issue...

    Loadshedding no longer in Wapda's domain: spokesman

    The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) spokesman has explained the Wapda...

    B.C. court rules hydro project can proceed without an environmental assessment; Hydro project can proceed without assessment

    VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeaster...

    If they build the dam, the Nu river will be turned into concrete ; Will a new dam being built in China mean the end of clean waterways?

    When news came that a ban on construction of hydroelectric dams on the Nu river, one of the l...

    B.C. court rules hydro project can proceed without an environmental assessment; Hydro project can proceed without assessment

    VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a hydro-electric development in northeaster...
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    Zambia seeks EPC contractor for 750-MW Kafue Gorge Lower hydro development project

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    Canadian utility BC Hydro seeks bids for penstock leak detection at the 180-MW Bridge River 1 hydroelectric project, with options to perform similar work at another five hydro plants in British Columbia.

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    Small hydro operator Bruree Hydro seeks bids to replace turbine-generators of the 132-kW Bruree hydroelectric project on Ireland's Limerick River.

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