One of the burning issues in Afghanistan is the scarcity of electricity, as the national electric power plants are either totally closed, or are functioning with only a small fraction of power being generated.
The Brahmaputra River arising from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China will have its large power station called the Zangmu Hydropower Station in the middle course of the river in Gyaca County, Lhoka Prefecture, located in an autonomous region of Tibet. The river with its vast gap between the lowest and highest points and with heavy water flow provides copious water resources required for power production.
Copperbelt Energy, a company that supplies electricity for the use of mines in South Africa, has declared its intentions to build Kabompo hydro power plant, to be located in the northwestern province with an investment of around USD 120 million.
Perak, a state in Malaysia, will get its first eco-friendly miniature hydro power generating plant. Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, Perak Mentri Besar, said that the plant built with an investment of around RM10million will produce up to 10 MW electric- power and is anticipated to commence its construction soon.
Alstom, a pioneer in the field of power generation and transmission and rail infrastructure, launched a new hydropower manufacturing factory in China’s Tianjin, the Alstom Hydro China (AHC).
The city of Rock Hill, South Carolina has replaced obsolete technology in its wastewater treatment plant with state of the art Parker SSD variable speed drives. Parker estimated cost savings and a calculation on the return of investment (ROI) which showed that in energy savings alone, without consideration for the cost of ongoing maintenance of the existing system, the return period would be less than 12 months.
David Kappos, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said that the deadline for filing petitions under the Green Technology Pilot Program has been extended from December 8, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
Deutsche Bank takes clean tech seriously. A fact that was driven home by the appointment of Adam Bergman as a director in the firm’s global clean technology corporate coverage group.
OnGreen, a web-based ‘green and clean’ market place, has announced a $1.4 million investment in raised from a fund that is jointly owned by Blue Marble Ventures in Los Angeles and China Southern Hong Kong Investment Ltd in Shanghai.
The Aspen City officials are seeking a “conduit exemption” approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a 1.175MW conduit hydropower facility in Colorado. The approval will not give complete licenses required for the project, as it will be installed in an already available pipe or channel. The facility can be developed only after receiving the approval from FERC.
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