China to boost hydropower capacity by 50 percent by 2015
... China promised at the Copenhagen Conference on global climate change last year that it would generate 15 percent of its power from non-fossil sources by 2020 ...

World Bank report supports hydropower development, integrated ...
... source of renewable and low-carbon energy, including high-risk, high-reward infrastructure projects; • Focus more on water for climate change adaptation and ...

Marine hydropower test center EMEC completes expansion
... Commission. Funding from the UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change allowed creation of the new test berths. For ...

Environmental: Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Canadian ...
... Rupert diversion. Boreal hydropower plants should be considered as part of the solution to reduce the effect on climate change. Notes. ...

Tech Briefs
... White & Case's practice includes climate change, renewable energy, and clean technology, as well as energy, infrastructure, and project finance. ...

Breaking News: Hydro Currents
... I-Conn., released the details of their energy and climate change legislation. ... The goal for these measures is to reduce economy-wide global warming pollution to ...

Industry News
... areas of research include soil and rock mechanics, hydrologic modeling, operational optimization, water quality and water variability due to climate change. ...

New Hydro
... Shapinsay Sound for tidal. The berths are being developed with funding from the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). ...

HydroVision International 2010: A Global Gathering
... Many of the sessions at HydroVision will feature presentations on technical papers about a range of subjects, including climate change, dam design, water ...

Portland General Electric wins Edison Award for hydro project fish ...
... Specifically, the company focused on combating climate change and creating jobs through energy efficiency efforts, the development of renewable resources and ...

Regulating small hydropower
... other states, has the opportunity to generate renewable power in our towns, along our rivers, and at the same time address climate change, generate skilled ...

France gives major boost to UN Watercourses Convention
... As we increasingly wake up to a world of water shortages linked to climate change, economic growth and urbanization, we are seeing more and more interest in ...

Groups accuse FERC, utility of ESA violations by 26-MW DeSabla ...
... The fish agency added that FERC should consider forming a group of agencies to study measures to offset the estimated effects of global climate change on the ...

Energy Policy: Green Energy Act Energizes Ontario's Hydro ...
... Energy Act. "It is the single largest climate change initiative in Canada," said Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield. "The ...

R&D Forum
... issues. In 2008, he was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change. ...

No major changes for Columbia Basin salmon plan
... Atmospheric Administration recommendations include studying salmon migration, monitoring water temperatures and other effects of climate change and creating a ...

Australia to boost funds for renewables, including hydropower
... commit a further $652.5 million over four years to establish a Renewable Energy Future Fund to support Australia's response to climate change, the government ...

Marine energy hydropower test center expanding offerings for hydro ...
... environmental impacts and avoid sea traffic The berths are being developed with funding from the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), subject to ...

American Power Act lacks renewable electricity standard
... the efforts of Senators Kerry and Lieberman to address climate change in their ... The goal of these measures is to reduce economy-wide global warming pollution to ...

Clean Development Mechanism agreement signed for Philippine hydro ...
... DBP is working on the registration of the projects with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board ...