hydropower
British International Investment has partnered with Norway’s Norfund in a joint venture with Scatec to support the initiative, which will meet the power needs of more than three million people
A live trial in Scotland has demonstrated how hydro generators could be used to fire up Britain’s electricity grid
The power station will be located inside Ben Cruachan – Argyll’s highest mountain – and become the first newly-constructed plant of its kind in more than 40 years
The project is expected to add 8MW of capacity to Yukon’s grid, generating roughly the same amount of electricity used by 2,500 homes annually
The agreement with the Ministry of Energy will see Masdar explore investments in ground-mounted solar, floating solar and hydropower projects, with a potential capacity of up to 1GW
The call comes as the capital city of Bishkek ranked number two in the world earlier this month for air pollution despite a mild winter
ELN spoke to Andrew Webber, Founder and CEO of Digital Power Optimization on how the sector might reduce consumption
The project is forecast to increase the storage capacity of the Portuguese grid by 30%
The Central American country is looking to utilise geothermal energy and move away from fossil fuels
It will have a total capacity of 100MW, supporting the country’s ambition to increase its share of renewable energy in the power generation mix