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Alstom to work on El Quimbo project, Colombia
23 December, 2010
A consortium formed by Alstom and Colombian assembly company Schrader Camargo has signed a contract with Endesa subsidiary Emgesa for the supply and assembly of electromechanical equipment for the 400MW El Quimbo hydro power plant. The total value of the contract is EUR 90M.

Five in focus – new pumped storage schemes
22 December, 2010
IWP&DC presents details on five important pumped storage schemes currently under development or recently commissioned worldwide

Alstom wins €70M supply contract on Guanyinyan dam, China
15 December, 2010
DaTang Guanyinyan Hydropower Development Co. Ltd has awarded Alstom a contract worth approximately 70 million for the supply of three 600MW Francis turbine generator units to the new Guanyinyan hydropower station on the Jinsha River in Yunnan province, China. The first unit is due to enter commercial operation in 2014.

Alstom’s inaugurates ocean energy business in Nantes, unveils tidal turbine details
03 December, 2010
Alstom has today inaugurated the new premises of its Ocean Energy activities in Nantes, France, marking the occasion by revealing the characteristics of BELUGA 9, the group’s tidal electricity-generating turbine, which will undergo its first tests in 2012, in the Bay of Fundy, Canada.

Rainpower Small Hydro AS names new managing director
06 November, 2010
Fredrik Ringnes has been appointed as managing director of Rainpower Small Hydro AS from 1 December 2010. The current MD, Søren Albers, is moving to a new position in SN Power.

Alstom inaugurates new hydro facility in China
04 November, 2010
Alstom has today inaugurated its new hydropower manufacturing facility at Tianjin in China in a move which the company hopes will place it in a better position to supply its customers in China and abroad, while offering opportunities for further expansion in China’s healthy hydropower market, which is expanding at a rate of 15GW per year.

Concrete facts for air gap variation
27 October, 2010
Refurbishment at Rocky Reach hydropower plant in the US brought to light interactions between the civil works and generators that had not been documented prior to rehabilitation

Major refurb starts at Hydro Tasmania’s Tungatinah station
26 October, 2010
Hydro Tasmania has announced that work has begun on a three-year $60M modernisation of the Tungatinah power station, involving the replacement of the turbine and control system on three of the plant’s five generators, together with the refurbishment of many other components.

Alstom signs development MOU with RusHydro
11 October, 2010
Alstom Hydro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with RusHydro, Russia’s largest power generation company, to participate in the further development of hydropower in the country.

Alstom wins supply contract on Lower Mattagami project
08 July, 2010
Alstom has signed a C$110M contract with the Kiewit Alarie Partnership (KAP) to supply three turbine generator sets to Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Lower Mattagami Project in Northern Ontario, Canada.

Focus on refurbishment
08 July, 2010
Over the past few years there have been some impressive refurbishment projects undertaken in the hydro power and dams industry. Here, IWP&DC presents details on 10 of the most interesting and innovative projects underway or recently completed in North America

Spotlight on Asia
10 May, 2010
Vietnam plays host to the dam community this year. Ahead of ICOLD’s Annual Meeting, IWP&DC gives an insight into dam and hydro power development across Asia.

Sharing experiences of pumped storage unit design
07 May, 2010
The design of pumped storage plant units has to ensure high availability and reliability for peak load operation. Over the past 50 years Alstom has continuously investigated and improved its designs to consider the cycling of machines, adjustable speed, efficiency and reliability. This paper takes an in-depth look at Alstom’s experience of designing and installing reversible pumped storage plants

Fulfilling a bold dream – the St Lawrence-FDR Power Project
01 April, 2010
The year 2008 saw New York Power Authority celebrate the 50th anniversary of its St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project on the St Lawrence River. Here we take a look back over the years and discover just how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dream of harnessing the hydro potential of the river’s international rapids became a reality

Limberg II – the ‘invisible’ plant
01 April, 2010
Limberg II pumped storage plant will more than double capacity at the Kaprun hydro scheme in Austria upon its completion in 2012. The plant’s components will be built almost entirely underground, making it a near ‘invisible’ project

Alstom to supply La Romaine 2, Quebec
29 March, 2010
Alstom Hydro has signed a contract with Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec to provide key equipment to the La Romaine 2 project in the province of Quebec.

Alstom delivers last runner to Foz do Chapecó, Brazil
19 March, 2010
Alstom has successfully delivered the last of four runners produced for the 855MW Foz do Chapecó hydro plant on the Uruguay river in Brazil.

Alstom acquires NAPES assets to strengthen US hydro offering
12 March, 2010
Alstom has announced that it has acquired some of the assets of North American Phoenix - Energy Services (NAPES), a Wisconsin-headquartered producer of control systems and speed governors for hydro power plants. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Focus on South America
02 March, 2010
IWP&DC presents details on 10 hydro power and dam construction projects recently completed or under development in South America

Nexans wins contract on Swiss pumped storage plant
18 February, 2010
Nexans has won a EUR13M (US$17.6M) turnkey contract to supply the power cables for a new pumped storage project currently being developed by Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern (KLL) in eastern Switzerland.