Duke Energy and Progress Energy have returned to the drawing board to prepare a new mitigation plan intended to meet Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concerns about a Duke-Progress merger that would create the largest utility in the United States.
The Alaska Energy Authority has notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission it will proceed with licensing the 600-MW Susitna-Watana hydroelectric project on Alaska's upper Susitna River.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seeks firms to help dredge an intake channel and to rehabilitate two turbine-generators at the Inga hydroelectric complex on the Congo River.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeks information on firms capable of providing hydroelectric environmental and engineering support services for a five-year program in FERC's Office of Energy Projects.
EDB Hydro LLC will is a US$1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Interior to install three 1-MW CleanPower AS Turbinators as part of Oregon's 45-Mile Hydroelectric Project.
Andritz Hydro was awarded a US$137.9 million contract by the Egyptian Ministries of Energy and Water Resources to supply equipment for installation of a 32-MW hydroelectric facility at the Assiut barrage on the Nile River.
The Low Impact Hydropower Institute's governing board recently announced that the 800-kW Franklin Falls hydroelectric project has met LIHI certification criteria.
Essel Shyam Technologies Ltd. has won a bid to supply a hydro-meteorology system for management of Bhakra Beas Management Board's (BBMB) reservoirs in India.
Van Ness Feldman and GordonDerr LLP have announced that their firms will combine practices under the name Van Ness Feldman, A Professional Corporation.
It isn't too late to submit nominations for the National Hydropower Association's 2012 Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award.
Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (Cemig) has awarded a contract worth more than 60 million euros to a consortium led by Alstom Brazil for refurbishment of the 1,710-MW Sao Simao hydroelectric plant.
TAHAL Consulting Engineers Ltd. and Bhundia Associates have been awarded a contract to perform assessments as part of Tanzania's Mara River Basin Project.
Hasslet & Willis Company LLC has won an $854,688 contract to provide support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' National Flood Risk Management Program.
Argentina's government has awarded contracts for rehabilitation work on the Los Molinos diversion dam and Rio Grande Canal.
