Category Archives: Hydropower

New Video Captures Action and Inspiration Behind Major Northwest Dam Removals

American Rivers, American Whitewater and the Hydropower Reform Coalition released a short film today that tells the story of historic dam removal successes on Washington’s Elwha and White Salmon rivers.

(PRWeb February 15, 2012)

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New Video Captures Action and Inspiration Behind Major Northwest Dam Removals

Bid for 3-fold increase in hydropower

The Power and Energy Ministry is taking measures to increase the hydropower generation capacity threefold to insulate the country’s power generation from the fossil fuel crisis and provide an uninterrupted supply of electricity.

Bid for 3-fold increase in hydropower

Sichuan Hydropower to Sell 460 Million Yuan of Five-Year Bonds

Sichuan Hydropower Investment & Management Group ltd. plans to sell 460 million yuan of five- year bonds on Feb. 14, according to the company’s prospectus on Bloomberg.

Sichuan Hydropower to Sell 460 Million Yuan of Five-Year Bonds

Hydropower project size will be decided

Thimphu (Kuensel/ANN) – What will become of the Sunkosh hydropower project, imagined to be the biggest so far, will be determined by what transpires at the empowered joint group meeting at New Delhi scheduled on February 2 and 5.

Hydropower project size will be decided

Hydropower driving social change in Laos

At the edge of a vast reservoir on the windy Nakai plateau, Hom, a 54-year-old villager, sits in her wood and rattan home recalling how life has changed ever since a dam was built on the Nam Theun Riv …..

Hydropower driving social change in Laos

Power firm cuts carbon emission

DAVAO-based hydropower company, Hedcor Inc., took on the challenge to regulate its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from airplane and vehicle travels among its employees by setting up its own video-conferencing system.

Power firm cuts carbon emission

China reminds hydropower developers to ‘put ecology first’

BEIJING, Jan 17 – China’s hydropower developers must “put ecology first” and pay strict attention to the impact of their projects on local rivers and communities, the country’s environment ministry said today, as the country embarks on another dam-building boom. the Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a notice posted on its website …

China reminds hydropower developers to ‘put ecology first’

Data Centers Are Focus of Newest Business Attraction Video

Featuring the Yahoo! facility in Lockport, NY, the newest business attraction video being premiered by Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) focuses on why the Buffalo Niagara region is conducive to data centers.

(PRWeb January 24, 2012)

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Data Centers Are Focus of Newest Business Attraction Video

Iron and Steel Casting in China: Industry Market Research Report Available from IBISWorld

Over the next five years, the Iron and Steel Casting industry in China is forecast to experience revenue growth by an average annual rate of 9.7%, to reach $137.6 billion in 2016. Growth will be lower than it was over the past five years due to the following: expected appreciation of the RMB; Europe’s volatile economic situation, which will negatively affect Chinese exports; and overall slower growth in market demand. In addition, the prices of raw materials, especially iron ore, are forecast to increase, adding a burden to the industry, according to IBISWorld, America’s largest publisher of industry research.

Research and Markets: China Power Report Q1 2012: Generation and Consumption Will Remain Considerable and in a League …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/999687/china_power_report ) has announced the addition of the " China Power Report Q1 2012 " report …

Research and Markets: China Power Report Q1 2012: Generation and Consumption Will Remain Considerable and in a League …