A proposed southeast Alaska small hydropower project has secured the funding necessary to begin construction, according to reports from local media.

Operations have begun at the Gissarak hydro plant in the Kashkadarya region of Uzbekistan, according to wire reports.

Brazilian utility sector regulator Aneel has authorized test operations at the 27-MW Goiandira small hydropower plant, wire services reported.

Mavel, a.s. has signed contracts to provide hydraulic design, turbines and related technology for five South Korea small hydro plants, Mavel announced. Mavel is providing 11 turbines that will have a combined installed capacity of about 16.3 megawatts.

Colombian hydro generator Epsa plans to begin operations at its 18.8-MW Amaime small hydropower plant within a month, developers told wire services.

Owners of the failed Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa said the dam will be rebuilt and might again produce hydroelectric power, according to wire reports.

China Hydroelectric Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of 100 percent of the Minrui small hydroelectric projects totaling 55.5 megawatts of installed capacity in Yunnan Province of the People's Republic of China.

Greenko, an Indian developer, owner and operator of clean energy projects, has entered into an agreement to acquire Hemavathi Power & Light Pvt Ltd, which operates a 24-MW run-of-river hydropower plant. It is expected that the acquisition of HPL will be complete in the next few weeks.

Twenty-four small hydropower plants could be built in Russia's Chelyabinsk Region by 2020, the press office of the regional economic development ministry reported.

U.S. power group Duke Energy expects its two new small hydropower plants being developed in Brazil to come online by the end of 2011, wire services reported.

The Scottish Government has approved a small hydropower project to be developed by RWE npower renewables in Scotland.

Provincial utility BC Hydro has selected another hydropower project for an electricity purchase agreement through its Clean Power Call, bringing the total number of projects selected to 26.

Norcan Hydraulic Turbine Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply and install turbines and generators for Bracebridge Generation in Bracebridge, Ontario.

AES Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary, AES China Hydropower Investment Co. Pte. Ltd., has entered into an agreement to acquire a 49 percent interest in the Jianghe Rural Electricity Development Co Ltd. joint venture, AES announced.

Synex International Inc. has announced the commencement of construction of the access roads for the Barr Creek Hydro Project.