The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to resume negotiations to distribute nearly $430m in funding to hydropower facilities across the US, as part of efforts to modernise the country’s ...

SSE has submitted a planning application to convert the Sloy Power Station into a new pumped storage scheme According to the British Hydropower Association (BHA), although the UK hasn’t witnessed new ...

Mercury NZ Limited has awarded ANDRITZ a contract to upgrade three hydropower plants in New Zealand – the Maraetai I, Ātiamuri, and Ōhakuri stations. The project includes the supply of nine new ...

(Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District/ Flickr) Similar to other major infrastructure projects, the design life-span of the dam body is given as a time-span varying between the ...

A prominent figure in hydropower, Dr. Denis Aelbrecht serves as Head of Technology at EDF Hydro Engineering Center and President of CFBR. With expertise in design, maintenance, and risk management, he ...

The future of US dams is dependent on the right dam (large or small), at the right location, at the right time – Michael Rogers, Global Dams Practice Leader for MWH Global. Are the days of ...

Until now no people have died from the failure or damage of a large water storage dam due to earthquake. Earthquakes have always been a significant aspect of the design and safety of dams. A large ...

The hydropower projects scheduled to reach completion or commissioning in 2026 highlight how the sector’s priorities have evolved. Pumped storage schemes are entering service to support power system ...

For the first time, ancient fragile geologic features (FGFs) have been used to set formal design earthquake motions for a major existing engineered structure; the Clyde Dam in New Zealand (Stirling et ...

Exterior view of the Vrla 1 hydropower plant, part of Serbia’s Vlasinske cascade, which is undergoing modernization with new turbine technology supplied by ANDRITZ ...

Since construction in the 1940’s, limestone karst seepage has been synonymous with operation of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Center Hill Dam in central Tennessee. Original designers acknowledged ...

A £1 billion refurbishment programme is underway to extend the life of Dinorwig and Ffestiniog pumped storage power plants in Wales. With 2.1GW of installed capacity the two facilities are the UK’s ...