Hydropower represents a vast renewable energy resource that has much potential to play a greater role in the renewable energy mix, said Duke Energy's Jim Turner, who delivered a keynote address during the opening keynote session of HydroVision International 2010 in Charlotte N.C.
Indigenous protesters in Brazil's Amazon have occupied the site of a hydropower plant they say has been built on an ancient burial ground, local media and wire services reported.
HydroVision International, the largest annual gathering of hydropower professionals, is set to break attendance records for the event. HydroVision 2010 is located in Charlotte, N.C.
Two security guards were killed Wednesday in a raid on a hydropower plant in southern Russia in which attackers detonated bombs that disabled the plant, wire services reported.
The World Bank invites expressions of interest from consultants to study private sector participation in hydropower development in India.
The government of Bulgaria invites expressions of interest from consultants to help identify energy projects, including hydropower, to offset closure of the 2,000-MW Kozloduy nuclear plant.
The Bureau of Reclamation seeks bids for control upgrade and modernization of bridge and gantry cranes at 198.72-MW Folsom Dam, on California's American River.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reissued a call for bids to rehabilitate an intake gantry crane at the 558-MW Second Powerhouse of 1,076.6-MW Bonneville Dam, on the Columbia River in Oregon.
