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Actuators chosen for dam project

Envirotec Magazine

Electric actuators for a major hydropower dam installation in China are to be supplied by parts manufacturer Rotork. The giant Baihetan Dam hydropower plant is part of a cascade of dams on the Jinsha River (the upstream part of the Yangtze). Satellite view of the Xiluodu dam and hydropower plant on the Yangtze River in China.

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CTG commissions 100th generator in Yangtze River cascade hydropower stations

Renewable Energy World

4 turbine-generator at the 16-GW Baihetan hydropower station , owned by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), was put into operation on Nov. 19, the sixth unit commissioned at this world’s second largest hydropower plant and the 100th hydraulic generator commissioned by CTG along the mainstream of the Yangtze River.

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New hydropower awards announced from Niagara Power Project

Renewable Energy World

The NYPA board awarded two Erie County businesses with low-cost hydropower allocations — generated at NYPA’s Niagara Power Project hydroelectric facility in Lewiston — and one St. NYPA’s board also approved a 400-kW low-cost hydropower allocation to Niagara Refining. LW1 plans to invest at least $24.2

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Hitachi Completes Acquisition of ABB Power Grids to Tackle Renewable Energy’s Rise

GreenTechMedia

In 2014, GE outbid Siemens and Mitsubishi to acquire controlling stakes in French energy giant Alstom’s grid, nuclear and renewable energy businesses. But the merger, completed in 2015, turned out poorly for GE, as it faced challenging markets for its grid and hydropower turbine business.

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New York City Is About to Get an Injection of Tidal Power. Is This Time Different?

GreenTechMedia

Verdant first started testing a prototype of its turbine, which it refers to as a free-flow kinetic hydropower system, in 2002. In 2014, GTM noted that the company still had not deployed its turbines, despite receiving $30 million over 14 years and attracting significant media coverage of its New York City plans.

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US Voluntary Clean Power Sales Keep Surging, With More Than a Little Help From Utilities

GreenTechMedia

These clean power sales have surged in the past decade: According to data collected and published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, they doubled from 2010 to 2014 and doubled again from 2014 to 2019.

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Europe’s Energy Storage Market Is Fading, Right When It’s Needed Most

GreenTechMedia

In 2014, EMEA, dominated by Europe, represented 44 percent of global energy storage deployment. While the political will appears well-aligned on meeting those massive renewables targets, the same can not be said unequivocally of energy storage and other flexibility investments, such as interconnectors.