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EMEC’s fourth collaboration agreement in Asia
05 December, 2012
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) based in Orkney, Scotland, has announced another major international collaboration agreement in which the test facility will assist in the development of a marine energy test centre in Taiwan.
Engineering ingenuity
20 August, 2012
Once described as a drowning machine, Calgary Bow River weir could not be removed due to the strategic importance it plays in supplying irrigation water. Now, however, it is heralded as an engineering success.
Common sense reform
20 August, 2012
Positive steps have been made in the right direction and the licensing of US hydropower projects has improved. However, problems still exist and have the potential to stifle further development. Members of the industry recently gave their testimonies in support of new legislation, which will be of particular benefit to small hydro development. Suzanne Pritchard reports.
Top 5 developments in hydro
26 January, 2011
As we start what promises to be another eventful year for the ever-changing hydro industry, IWP&DC suggests five developments and projects that are likely to have to the biggest impact on the industry in the near future
Under the influence - 60 most influential people in the industry
06 October, 2009
Welcome to International Water Power & Dam Construction’s list of the 60 most influential people in the industry. These people have helped shape the course of the global hydro and dams business over the last 60 years. This list – in alphabetical order – is the result of nominations from contacts and readers around the world, and was decided by a panel of industry experts
Building an RCC dam in the Jordan valley
11 August, 2009
Ted Warren provides details on the Al Wehdah dam in the Kingdom of Jordan – currently the country’s tallest dam and the largest by RCC volume
Highlighting hydro developments
15 May, 2009
Members of the hydro industry reflect on the major developments in the industry over the past six decades and comment on important issues for the future
Looking at tunnel roughness
03 April, 2008
Research in Kárahnjúkar headrace is providing fresh insight into tunnel wall roughness to estimate headloss. Report by Patrick Reynolds
AGL links Kiewa gap
10 January, 2008
The Kiewa Valley cascade was built in the 1950s, and AGL Energy is now completing the 'missing link' with construction of Bogong. SKM's Paul Caplen tells how mainland Australia's biggest hydro plant for more than 25 years is being developed
Renovation success
12 April, 2006
Urban encroachment, design flaws, and a history of slope and outlet works deformations meant a comprehensive renovation programme was needed at Standley Lake dam. Joseph M Green-Heffern and James R Schneider describe how the US$40M improvement project was completed ahead of schedule and came in under budget
In safe hands - a profile of the ASDSO
10 May, 2005
The US Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has been contributing to the safe running of dams in the US for over 20 years, and its work is still progressing today, writes Lori C Spragens and Sarah Mayfield
Dam Safety 2002 attracts over 600 attendees
25 November, 2002
The Association of State Dam Safety Officials held its nineteenth annual conference and exhibit show from 8-11 September 2002 at the Saddlebrook Resort, near Tampa, Florida. Approximately 620 state and federal regulators, engineering consultants, manufacturers and suppliers, academicians, dam owners and operators, students and others attended the conference, hosted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Investing in Iceland
04 October, 2002
Simon Jones reports on the issues surrounding the Karahnjukar hydro plant in eastern Iceland, as construction work begins on the controversial 630MW project
Tackling Tarbela's problems
04 July, 2002
Concrete evidence
04 May, 2002
Engineers in the US have been using RCC in dams and dam rehabilitation for 22 years, but innovative uses for the material are still being found.
Sustainability targets set for UK business
04 May, 2002
High society
02 March, 2002
Many changes have taken place in the British Dam Society over the past year, as Carrieann Davies discovered when she talked to current chairman Andy Hughes
The insurance job
17 September, 2001
Carrieann Davies investigates why dam insurance is an important issue, and takes a look at what insurance options are available for dam owners
Caught in a crisis
15 June, 2001
With the UK in the grip of Foot and Mouth disease, Carrieann Davies investigates how the outbreak has affected the country’s hydro industry
