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Soham Energy to Raise $60 Million

Soham Renewable Energy India, a hydel power plant developer supported by DE Shaw, a New York-based Hedge Fund Company, is to arrange funds amounting to $60 million from the Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund.

10 Feb 2011

FYR Macedonia Grants Concession Contracts for Hydropower Facilities

FYR Macedonia stated that the country has granted design-build-operate-transfer concession contracts for 12 small hydropower facilities with a total capacity of 13.6 MW. The total investment required to develop the hydropower plants is approximately €23.5 million, according to the nation’s Economy Ministry.

5 Feb 2011

Pulse Tidal Receives Grant to Assess Feasibility of its Tidal Project

Pulse Tidal, an Anchorage-based company, has received a grant of $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a tidal power project initiative.

31 Jan 2011

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Purchases Hydroelectric Facilities in New York

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, a division of Hudson Clean Energy, an equity firm declared that it has purchased two hydroelectric units in Orange County and Sullivan in New York State.

31 Jan 2011

Toshiba to Supply Hydroelectric Generators to Hydropower Station in China

Toshiba Hydro Power (Hangzhou), a Chinese subsidiary of Toshiba and a joint venture with the China-based Sinohydro, has received an order to deliver two 667MVA hydroelectric generators for the Guanyinyang hydropower station being developed in Yunnan Province, China.

28 Jan 2011

Research Markets Publish New Report on Hydro Power Market in France

Research and Markets have released a new report “Hydro Power Market Outlook in France to 2020 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations, Key Power Plants, and Key Companies,” which provides insights into the hydro energy market in France and also gives predictions up to 2020.

26 Jan 2011

Scotland Approves Hydro Energy Scheme Proposed by RWE

Ministers in Scotland’s Government have approved a new hydro energy scheme with a potential of powering 2500 homes. RWE npower renewables had submitted a planning application for a 4.5 MW hydro project located on Maldie Burn near Sutherland’s Kylestrome in the year 2009.

25 Jan 2011

Telluride Plans MicroHydro Projects for Harnessing Energy from Running Water

The town of Telluride after implementing the new Solar PV System at the Telluride Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant has plans of including more Renewable Energy project to reduce the carbon footprint.

25 Jan 2011

Champamati Hydel Power Project in India Inaugurated by BTC Chief

Hagrama Mohilary, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Chief, has opened the 4 MW Champamati Hayen Hydel Power Project located at Nagdalbari in Chirang District. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Pradyut Bordoloi, the Power and Industry Minister of Assam.

24 Jan 2011

Two Consortiums Awarded Contracts for Ulu Jelai Hydro Electric Project by TNB

The Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has signed agreements with two consortiums, the SMEC and the consortium of Tindakan Mewah and Salini Construttori consortium worth RM2.149 billion for constructing the Ulu Jelai Hydro Electric Power Plant in Pahang.

24 Jan 2011