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Group dynamics
21 November, 2005
An interdisciplinary research group has been created at the Lulea University of Technology to help develop new methods in design, operation and maintenance of hydro power equipment

Alstom to supply South Korean plant
16 November, 2005
Alstom has received an order from South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction for the supply of hydroelectric equipment to the country’s Yecheon pumped storage plant, located on the Nagdong river system, 230km southeast of Seoul.

Alstom to refurbish two US generators
14 October, 2005
The US Bureau of Reclamation has awarded Alstom a US$13M contract to refurbish two 142MVA generators at the SHASTA hydroelectric power plant in northern California, US.

Brazilian refurbishment planned
16 September, 2005
An Alstom-led consortium has won a US$184M contract to modernise a hydroelectric plant in Brazil for Brazilian utility Furnas Centrais Elétricas SA.

Alstom wins Chinese equipment order
14 September, 2005
Alstom has won a US$43M contract to supply electrical and mechanical equipment to the Qiaogong hydro power station in China’s Guangxi Autonomous region.

Alstom wins Lithuanian hydro contract
12 August, 2005
A consortium lead by Alstom has won a US$45M contract to refurbish a 100MW power plant in Lithuania.

Simulation software
25 July, 2005
Computational fluid dynamics software is being used by researchers to accurately simulate the position and pressure fluctuations of a draft tube rope in a hydro plant

To a higher degree in Sweden
22 July, 2005
Dr. Michel Cervantes describes how the need for more skilled professionals in the hydroelectric sector led to the formation of the Hydro Power Engineering Masters Programme at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Alstom wins Norwegian hydro contracts
04 July, 2005
Alstom has won two contracts, worth a total of US$23.8M, to supply equipment for two new hydroelectric plants being built on the western coast of Norway.

Fast track to success for San Francisco project
30 June, 2005
The US$302M San Francisco hydroelectric project is currently being constructed in Ecuador to relieve the country’s present power deficit. The 230MW project is located entirely underground and includes the construction of a number of large caverns and a 9km long hard rock TBM drive. Amanda Foley recently visited the project site

Upgrades at Mica hydro plant
31 May, 2005
Alstom has been awarded a US$37M contract to upgrade four generators at BC Hydro’s Mica hydroelectric project in British Columbia, Canada.

Indian project commissioned
22 April, 2005
Bhoruka Power has successfully commissioned a 3.5MW small hydro project in Mandya district, India.

Alstom chosen for largest Indian project
05 April, 2005
Alstom has been selected for a US$340M project with India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for the turnkey supply of power generation equipment to the Subansiri hydro power project in Assam, India – the largest hydro power scheme in the country.

Change of speed - variable units investigated
16 March, 2005
Variable speed units for pumped storage power plants are becoming a state-of-the-art technology for optimised efficiency in turbine mode and a wide range of power control in the pump mode. K Scherer reports on aspects and challenges for the design of the motor-generators, using Goldisthal pumped storage plant in Germany as an example

Stepping up development in India
07 March, 2005
Over recent years, India’s small hydro programme has seen a great deal of development, as I M Sahai explains

Alstom wins Chinese orders
19 January, 2005
Alstom has signed two separate contracts to supply turbines, generators and other equipment to two hydro power stations in China, in deals totalling $US73M.