Wave energy hydropower developer Ocean Power Technologies Inc. has won a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for the development of the next generation of OPT’s PowerBuoy ocean energy hydropower device.
The DOE grant will help fund the scale-up of the power output per PowerBuoy from the current level
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HOUSTON, TX – Results of the first and only direct fish survival study performed on a hydrokinetic turbine show that the technology is extraordinarily fish friendly. The hydrokinetic power turbine utilized for the study was designed and manufactured by Hydro Green Energy, LLC, which also operates the unit at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock
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The shutdown of all the power generating plants in the Agus complex is now imminent with the water level at Lake Lanao dropping from the normal 701 meters to 698.9 meters, according to National Power Corp. (Napocor) officials.
A 250MW private hydro-electric power plant project is still being delayed at the Bujagali site, Jinja, in Uganda. AES Corporation (USA) and Madhvani International (South Africa) are developing the project, known as the Nile Independent Power Project. Original plans were for the hydro-electric power plant to use four turbines sited on
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