This is the fourth in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. The previous post focused on ...

China’s most ambitious hydropower project to date officially entered the construction phase on July 19, 2025, when Premier Li Qiang presided over a groundbreaking ceremony in Nyingchi City in the ...

A bridge over Soča River in Slovenia. Governments can conduct or support strategic planning exercises for energy such as Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These can evaluate large-scale tradeoffs ...

Last December, the Governor’s Energy Security Task Force highly ranked the Susitna-Watana Project as a viable option to help the state maintain energy security for the next 100 years. Susitna-Wanata ...

Queensland Hydro said geotechnical exploratory drilling which will help inform the environmental impact statement (EIS) process has started at the site of the Borumba Dam pumped hydro project. The AUD ...

Despite admirable intentions of hydropower development projects, there is often a risk for negative environmental and social impacts. Because of the vital importance of water for ecosystems and ...

In a milestone for Bhutan’s burgeoning capacity in hydropower development, the 18MW Suchhu Hydropower Project, which was fully designed, engineered, and built by Bhutanese professionals, was ...

The recent approval of two hydropower dams in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains could undermine a REDD+ carbon project in the area. The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project relies on keeping the forests in ...

The Pracana project is the company’s first such site in the world. Image: EDP. Portuguese utility EDP has begun operations on a hybrid solar and hydropower project in Portugal, the first of its kind ...

An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African ...

Work continues on what would be the largest hydropower project in Angola, a $5.2 billion run-of-river power station that Angolan officials have said could come online as early as 2026. Technology ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts utilities will pay more for the transmission of Canadian hydroelectricity under a new settlement designed to advance a project tied to the state’s carbon reduction ...