Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced it has filed a request with state regulators for funding to study the feasibility of building a pumped-storage hydro project in the Mokelumne River watershed in Amador County.

The first of two new turbines for Duke Energy's Jocassee pumped-storage hydro station has arrived in the Salem, S.C., area, with the second expected to arrive in early September, local media reported.

Germany-based construction firm Bilfinger Berger has won a contract for constructing the pressure tunnel plating as well as other piping system components for Verbund Austrian Hydro Power at the Reisseck II pumped-storage hydropower plant in Austria, Bilfinger Berger announced.

Duke Energy’s Jocassee Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Station will receive two new turbines for units 1 and 2 this fall, upgrading the station and increasing capacity by 50 megawatts.

ABB announced it has completed a comprehensive project to provide power equipment for the AmerenUE Taum Sauk pumped-storage hydro plant in Missouri. ABB made the announcement at HydroVision International in Charlotte, N.C.

The 1,800-MW Jixi pumped-storage hydroelectric power project has begun operation in China's Anhui Province, regional media reported.

Global engineering and consulting firm Poyry has been awarded contracts by Austrian utility Verbund for the provision of engineering services and for site supervision during construction of the 430-MW Reisseck II pumped-storage hydro plant in Austria.

New York-based engineering and environmental science firm Gomez and Sullivan Engineers has been awarded a contract for work at the New York Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa pumped-storage hydropower project.

Vietnam is planning to build a pumped-storage hydro project with total capacity of 1,500 megawatts in the country's northern province of Son La in 2013, the government reported.

Finland's Poyry has been awarded a surveying contract for the new Limmern pumped-storage hydropower plant in Switzerland, Poyry reported.

The Waldeck 1 pumped-storage hydropower plant in Germany has officially been inaugurated, Voith Hydro Inc. reported. Voith Hydro, together with the consortium partner for civil construction, Bilfinger Berger, developed the overall technical concept for the hydro plant.

Toshiba Corporation announced that its Chinese consolidated subsidiary, Toshiba Hydro Power (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. has won a contract to supply four 320-MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant systems for a pumped-storage hydro project in China.

A workshop on pumped-storage hydropower is among the pre-conference events scheduled in advance of the upcoming HydroVision International Conference and Exhibition in North Carolina.

Slovenia's first pumped-storage hydropower project has begun operation, regional media reported.

Emerson Process Management has installed its PlantWeb digital plant architecture with the Ovation expert control system at Unit 1 of the newly-commissioned Dnister pumped-storage hydropower plant in Ukraine. The plant will be one of the largest pumped-storage hydro projects in the world.