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Hydropower output has declined in Spain
Spanish water reserves, needed to reduce the country's dependence on gas imports, had notice a decrease, according to official data showed on Tuesday, however the levels are above the average, being helped by very heavy rainfall in winter and spring time.
read more... 27/10/2010
The Norwegian Statkraft planning to invest in South America
Norway's state-owned company, Statkraft announced Thursday that it would invest $400 million in a hydropower plant in Peru with a capacity of 168-megawatt, and announced intentions of further investing in Chile, but it is targeting the Brazilian market as well.
read more... 01/10/2010
Big plans for Angola hydropower potential.
Carlos Feijo, Angola’s Minister of State, announced that his government is planning to invest 18 billion USD to 2016 to rebuild its dams that were destroyed in their three-decade long civil war. This investment is going to be, till now, the country’s biggest one in the energy sector.
read more... 24/09/2010
Hidroelectrica will invest 3 billion Euros over the next 7 years
Romanian hydropower company Hidroelectrica will invest 3 billion Euros over the next seven years in building 50 new units and upgrading several current ones.
read more... 10/09/2010
EVN gets involved in Bulgarian hydropower project
Austrian utility EVN intends to take the majority stake in the Bulgarian hydropower project launched by NEK, the largest state energy utility in the country.
read more... 21/07/2010