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Utility new recruit scores with hydropower pitch

Envirotec Magazine

Inspired by an industry-leading hydropower scheme at his local site in Falkirk, Zac Mooney presented at the Pipeline Industries Guild Professional Development Network Competition. Expressing his gratitude, Zac said: “I am thankful to have been given the opportunity to showcase my hydropower learnings so early in my Scottish Water career. “We

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European Hydropower Dawdles as Hydrogen and Batteries Soar

GreenTechMedia

It’s the oldest and the biggest of all the clean energy technologies, but hydro has an uncertain role in Europe’s decarbonization plans. In the meantime, green hydrogen and batteries pose a rising threat to hydropower plants and their future profits. And that's if everything goes smoothly.

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Improving the efficiency of the hydropower network

Envirotec Magazine

Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, whose provenance extends back to the watermills that were relied upon by ancient civilisations. Hydroelectricity remains an attractive renewable energy source today, especially in Europe which has a large network of small and large hydropower plants. WEG installation.

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MAN Energy Solutions, ANDRITZ Hydro to produce hydrogen from hydropower

Renewable Energy World

MAN Energy Solutions and ANDRITZ Hydro have completed a strategic framework agreement to jointly develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower. A pilot project in Europe will mark the start of the collaboration. Together with ANDRITZ Hydro, we want to make this resource available.

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Hydro Review: Commercializing a New Small Hydropower Technology

Renewable Energy World

Natel Energy has developed a new small hydropower turbine technology that offers an environmentally friendly and compact, modular hydro generation system. Natel understood that a huge economic barrier to the practical deployment of renewable hydropower lies in the danger to fish represented by spinning turbine blades. By Lise Houston.

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Financial Trouble at an Iconic American Hydropower Giant

GreenTechMedia

Finally, offshore wind is getting dirt cheap in Europe. How is this different from previous mobilizations around climate? We’ll put this moment in the context of recent history. According to Carbon Brief, recent offshore wind prices are set to compete with existing gas seven years ahead of schedule.

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Fossil fuels are losing ground to renewable energy in Europe

The Verge: Energy

What’s encouraging is it’s just continuing that structural decline in fossil fuels,” says Sarah Brown, Ember’s Europe program director. Solar grew to 9 percent of the mix, while hydropower generation recovered from 2022 dry spells. “An unprecedented collapse in coal and gas electricity generation.”