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GE wins 5-year maintenance contract at Belo Monte, Brazil
Tuesday, October 04, 2022 by GE Renewable Energy is to carry out scheduled, routine and corrective maintenance at the 11GW Belo Monte hydropower scheme in Brazil over the next five years after signing a contract...

EIG launches renewables platform in Chile
Friday, July 01, 2022 by Energy sector investor EIG has announced the launch of Grupo Cerro, a new renewable energy platform in Chile, which includes EIG-owned Cerro Dominador plants and the recently...

ORPC signs deal for hydrokinetic system in Chile
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 by Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is to install its first river hydrokinetic power system in South America next year after signing a deal with the Municipality of Chile Chico in...

Project to allow remote operation of Baba hydro plant, Ecuador
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by The Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC EP) is carrying out a project that will allow the remote operation of the 42MW Baba hydroelectric in Los Ríos province from the load...

Emerson Ovation technology to modernise Salto Grande
Thursday, September 24, 2020 by Emerson has been contracted by the Salto Grande Mixed Technical Commission to modernise 14 hydroelectric turbine governors at the binational Salto Grande Hydroelectric Complex with...

Andritz to modernise Sobradinho plant, Brazil
Tuesday, May 05, 2020 by Andritz is to perform the complete modernization and digitalization of the 1050MW Sobradinho hydropower plant on the São Francisco river, Bahia state, Brazil, after signing a...

Solar project being developed at Batalha hydro plant, Brazil
Monday, February 17, 2020 by Tractebel has announced that it is working on a 15 hectare floating photovoltaic plant on the Batalha hydroelectric power plant reservoir in Paracatu, Minas Gerais.

ABB to upgrade Copel hydroelectric power plant in Brazil
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 by ABB has won a US$2.5 million contract from Copel to upgrade the 1240MW Governador José Richa hydropower plant (previously Salto Caxias) on the Iguazu River in the Brazilian State of Paraná.

Brazilian Police announce criminal charges following tailings dam disaster
Monday, September 23, 2019 by Mining giant Vale and German safety firm Tüv Süd are reportedly facing criminal charges following the deadly collapse of a tailings dam at Feijão mine in the city of Brumadinho,...

Baixo Iguaçu hydroelectric power plant inaugurated in Brazil
Saturday, May 25, 2019 by Iberdrola, through its Brazilian affiliate Neoenergia, has officially opened the 350MW Baixo Iguaçu hydroelectric power plant in Brazil.

Reventazón hydropower plant awarded the IHA’s Blue Planet Prize
Friday, May 17, 2019 by The Reventazón Hydropower Plant in Costa Rica has been named the winner of the 2019 IHA Blue Planet Prize, a prestigious award which recognises excellence in sustainable...

Vale provides an update on situation in Brumadinho
Friday, February 01, 2019 by Ninety-nine people have now been confirmed killed with a further 259 people missing following the collapse last Friday of Dam I of the Córrego do Feijão mine in the city of...

Vale presents plan to decommission tailings dams
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 by Brazilian mining firm Vale has presented a plan to Brazilian authorities that would see the company decommission all tailings dams built to the same method as the dam that failed...

Arrests following dam breach in Brazil
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 by Three employers of mining firm Vale have been arrested alongside two contractors working for the firm following the fatal breach on Friday of Dam I of the Córrego do Feijão mine, in...

Rescue work continues in Brazil as fatalities rise following tailings dam collapse
Monday, January 28, 2019 by At least 58 people have been killed and many more still missing following the collapse of Dam 1 of the Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, with operator Vale...

ABB in deal to improve power supply and reliability in Brazil
Thursday, November 15, 2018 by ABB has signed a $20 million contract with Furnas – Centrais Elétricas S.A. that will boost transmission capacity and improve power quality for electricity consumers in Southeast...

Recovery works underway following tunnel collapses at Ituango.
Tuesday, May 08, 2018 by There has been a total blockage of the diversion tunnel at the 2400MW Ituango hydroelectric project in Colombia, EPM has confirmed, with the utility and contracted firms working...

Reventazón out of operation for three months, says ICE
Tuesday, March 06, 2018 by The 305.5MW Reventazón project in Costa Rica will be out of operation for three months while repairs are carried out, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) has clarified.

Kinross acquires Brazilian hydro plants
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 by Kinross Gold Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kinross Brasil Mineraçao, has agreed to acquire two hydroelectric power plants in Brazil from a subsidiary of Gerdau SA for...