Ecuador and Iran have agreed to build three hydroelectric projects in Ecuador, wire services reported.
The 257-MW first unit of Venezuela's 514-MW Fabricio Ojeda hydro project is due to be inaugurated in October, according to Javier Alvarado, president of state power utility EDC.
Global consulting and engineering firm Poyry has been awarded the site supervision contract for the Ashta run-of-river hydropower plants in Albania by Energji Ashta Shpk, a subsidiary of Verbund International. The value of the contract is about EUR 3.4 million (US$4.6 million).
Brazil will help build a hydroelectric power project in Haiti, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.
The president recently visited Haiti to meet with Haitian President Rene Preval.
Brazil's 1,087-MW Estreito hydro plant will launch commercial operations earlier than expected, a spokesperson at the mines and energy ministry reported.
The contractor responsible for the rehabilitation of seven generating units at the Rocky Reach hydro project on the Columbia River in Washington agreed to pay to correct design problems, media reported.
The rehabilitation of the first of three units at the Ambuklao hydroelectric power plant, purchased from the Philippine government by a joint venture, will be completed in September, company officials reported.
Renewable energy consultancy PMSS has been appointed by the South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) to lead a 100,000 pounds (US$150,600) study into the potential of marine energy hydro and other renewables around the coast of South West England.
A leading marine energy hydropower test center for wave and tidal energy technologies is expanding its workforce to meet the growing demands of companies developing devices that harness energy from the sea.
Utility Energias de Portugal (EDP) awarded Reforco de Potencia da Barragem de Venda Nova III - ACE a 131 million euro (US$179 million) contract for civil construction of the 435-MW Venda Nova 3 pumped-storage hydro project in Portugal.
France's Nexans was awarded a 13 million Euros (US$17.64 million) contract to supply the power cables for the 1,000-MW Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG Limmern pumped-storage hydropower project under construction in Switzerland.
Brazil's utility sector regulator has authorized the start of commercial operations at the 1.54-MW Barra Clara mini hydro plant, according to a statement released by the regulator.
International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has approved a US$15 million loan to Armenian bank Ameriabank to help finance the development of small hydropower projects in the country.
