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Capacity increase of the Tannuwald hydropower plant
Thursday, November 07, 2019 by Energie Electrique du Simplon is investing CHF 20 million in the comprehensive refurbishment of the Tannuwald hydropower plant in the Swiss canton of Valais, with the first of the...

Unico Mechanical to work on Hoover Dam repairs
Wednesday, November 06, 2019 by Unico Mechanical has announced it is to work on the rehabilitation, fabrication and repair of components at Hoover Dam after being named one of four companies to be awarded a...

Safety modifications completed at Steinaker Dam
Wednesday, October 09, 2019 by Normal operations have resumed at the Steinaker Dam in Utah, US, following dam safety modification work at the project.

ZRA awards Kariba dam spillway rehabilitation contract
Wednesday, October 02, 2019 by A consortium of GE Hydro France and Freyssinet International has been awarded the tender for the rehabilitation of the spillway at Kariba Dam on the Zambezi river basin between Zambia...

Funds agreed for rehab work in Zambia
Friday, September 20, 2019 by Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) has approved a $46 million loan to the Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) that will be used to rehabiliate and expand...

Dam raise project in Queensland gets OK to move to next stage
Friday, September 06, 2019 by The Queensland Government has given the green light for a proposal to raise Burdekin Falls Dam wall to progress to the next stage.

Verbund gets OK for Jettenbach-Töging refurbishment
Thursday, August 29, 2019 by Verbund Innkraftwerke has been given the OK by authorities to begin a project to renovate and increase efficiency at the Jettenbach-Töging power plant in the Mühldorf district in...

Finland’s Salhami project refurbished
Wednesday, August 28, 2019 by The Salahmi hydroelectric project in Finland has been successfully refurbished, with a double-regulated Mavel Z Kaplan turbine having been commissioned in the spring. System...

USBR planning rehab work at American Falls Dam
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 by American Falls Dam, a 94ft-high composite concrete and earth gravity-type dam on the Snake River in Power County, near the town of American Falls, Idaho, will undergo maintenance...

GE upgrades Hydro Quebec’s Montagnais substation
Thursday, June 06, 2019 by GE’s Grid Solutions business has announced it has performed key upgrades on three 765 kV Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) banks at Hydro Quebec’s Montagnais substation.

Funds for hydro upgrades in Myanmar
Thursday, May 02, 2019 by Five hydropower plants are to be upgraded in Myanmar following the approval of a €35.7 million loan from the French Development Agency (AFD), the Myanmar Times has reported.

Vattenfall expects 600MW extra hydro from existing plants by 2023
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 by Vattenfall has announced it is working towards raising the available output of the company’s hydropower plants by 600MW by 2023 without a single new dam being built. The move will...

WPS to begin upgrades at Wausau hydroelectric dam
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 by Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) in the US is to start refurbishment work at its Wausau hydroelectric dam in May, with a drawdown of the facility's reservoir to start later this month.

Rainpower to upgrade Lang Sima turbines, Norway
Wednesday, April 03, 2019 by Rainpower has announced it is to upgrade two turbines at Statkraft’s Lang Sima hydropower station.

GE Renewable Energy leads consortium to refurbish Qairokkum plant, Tajikistan
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 by The 60-year old Qairokkum hydropower station in Tajikistan is to undergo a complete refurbishment, with six Kaplan units upgraded to increase the plant’s output by 35% to reach 174MW.

First phase launched for Nurek rehabilitation project, Tajikistan
Thursday, March 21, 2019 by The first phase of a project to rehabilitate the largest hydropower project in Tajikistan was officially launched yesterday.

RusHydro confirms Bureyskaya plant increases electricity following landslide
Thursday, February 14, 2019 by Normal hydrological regime has been restored at the Bureyskaya hydropower plant following a landslide that occurred in the project area in December, RusHydro has confirmed.

Milestone for infrastructure upgrade at Lewiston plant, New York
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 by The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has announced it is nearing the three-quarters mark in a $460 million infrastructure improvement project at its Lewiston Pump Generating Plant...

NYPA upgrades hydropower control rooms
Thursday, August 30, 2018 by The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is upgrading the control rooms at its St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project in Massena in St. Lawrence County and at its Blenheim‑Gilboa Pumped Storage...