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The Balkan water dance
31 October, 2008
Countries in the Balkan region are stepping towards a holistic approach to water management, writes Peter O’Neill. What opportunities could this hold for developers of dams and hydro plants?

Hydro training centres on Africa
03 October, 2008
The Kafue Gorge Regional Training Centre is working to fulfill its goal of becoming the home for hydro power training in Africa. Brian H M Makungo gives an insight into the SADC regional facility and looks at hydro’s important role in Zambia’s power industry

Will integration spur dam construction?
03 October, 2008
Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda all rely heavily on hydro schemes and have suffered during droughts. However, regional power integration is likely to spur the construction of further dam projects. Where will they be sited and how will the regional generation mix change? Neil Ford reports

Wave power ready for take off
13 August, 2008
A spate of small wave power schemes is now under development that could eventually result in the widespread commercial production of electricity utilising the power of waves, writes Neil Ford

Examining hydro's future role
08 July, 2008
A recent workshop in the US helped to redefine hydro power’s role in the changing generation mix. Report by Tom Key and Patrick March

Legal block on Estreito river diversion work
20 June, 2008
River diversion work for the Estreito project in Brazil has been stopped by a court in Maranhao state but the rest of the construction activity is unaffected, IWP&DC has learned.

Nam Theun 2 - Finance package
30 April, 2008
Construction of Nam Theun 2 in Lao PDR is a major challenge but so, too, was developing the project finance arrangements

CDC backs Cameroon project
03 April, 2008
Development proposals for hydropower projects, such as Memve’ele, are advancing in Cameroon, reports Neil Ford

Floating for success
16 January, 2008
While recent commercial agreements have launched Oceanlinx into a new stage of business operations, research and development remain the core of its activities, reports Suzanne Pritchard

Holistic hydro
10 January, 2008
A World Bank study is recommending basin-wide hydroelectric development to yield greater output from cascades, improve resource management and thereby help India achieve its social and economic development goals. Report by Sue Pritchard

The hub of developments
10 January, 2008
In September, the UK government gave planning approval for the world's first large scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall in South West England. It means the UK£28M 'Wave Hub' project, developed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), has cleared the last major regulatory hurdle, reports Chris Webb