hydropower

The €1.26bn Nachtigal hydropower facility has reached financial close

Clean energy accounted for just above 40% of electricity production last year

Aquila Capital has agreed to acquire 21 operational small-scale hydropower plants from EDP

They were the top sources of growth between 2005 and 2015

The GFG Alliance has pledged to double the £500 million already investment in Scotland

It aims to develop 10GW of additional electricity storage projects globally over the next 17 years

Each lithium-ion battery unit has a capacity of more than 1,200kWh and will provide balancing services to National Grid

Community hydro projects with a value of up to £50,000 will receive 100% rates relief in Wales. The new grant scheme, which will start in April, will also cap the increase in business rates for other small-scale developments to 10% or £1,000 where there was no previous liability. It will be application-based and hydro projects […]

Wind power is forecast to surpass hydroelectricity as the largest renewable generation source in the US. That’s according to the latest report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), which states few new hydro plants are expected to come online in the next two years. It adds its forecast is however mostly based on projections of […]

A peer-to-peer finance platform has launched an offer to invest in a hydropower storage project in Scotland. Abundance Investment aims to get involved in Intelligent Land Investments Group’s development opportunity, which seeks to win planning consent for up to three pumped storage hydro plants. Its ILI Pump Storage Hydro project will include a site near […]