Alstom and RusHydro have begun construction of the new manufacturing plant in Bashkortostan. The joint venture project, with a total investment of about EUR 125 million, is 51% owned by RusHydro, and 49% owned by Alstom, under the name JSC AlstomRusHydroEnergy.
Voith Hydro has been awarded the contract to supply generators and turbines for the Red Rock hydropower plant in Iowa, USA. The project is to enter construciton in 2013, and should be completed by 2016. The core of the power plant will be two vertical axis Kaplan turbines, totalling in 55 MW of power generation capacity.
Beyhan-1 dam under construction.
Voith Hydro has received an order for hydropower equipment from the Turkish facility Kalehan Energy Production. The order if for three generators for the Beyhan-1 hydropower plant in the eastern part of the country. Each unit has 235 MVA of output, featuring a diameter of 13.5 meters, and a height of 7.9 meters.
Nepal has given its official approval for the continuation of development of the USD 1.6 billion hydropower project being developed by the China Three Gorges Corporation on the West Seti River. After changes made to the original agreement proposed by CTGC, the government of Nepal decided to go ahead with the approval.
Siemens has increased its stake in the UK based marine energy technology company Marine Current Turbines. Now owning a majorty stake in the company, Siemens will continue with the drive towars commercialization of the new technology for harnessing energy from marine currents. As this renewable energy market segment evolves, Siemens wants to make sure the company holds a leading position in the future.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change recently announced it has named the South West as the region to host the country's first Marine Energy Park. The South West Marine Energy Park will cover an area from Bristol to Cornwall, and will reach further out to the Isles of Scilly. The initiative will bring together various entities including the national and local government, Local Enterprise Partnerships, University of Plymouth and University of Exeter, but also the industry including the Wave Hub (South West RDA).
Visualization of an AWS-III powered wave farm.
Alstom and Scottish and Southern Energy Renewables have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to develop what's touted as the world's largest wave energy farm, with up to 200 MW of installed capacity. The project is to be developed off the coast of Orkney, Scotland, in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Strategic Area, governed by The Crown Estate.
Vattenfall, ArcelorMittal, Rhodia and SNCF have joined forces officially by forming Force Hydro, a joint venture company, for bidding for concessions for hydropower development in France. The tender for new hydro developments in France is to be launched by the government in 2012 for a total of 5.3 GW of new capacity to be developed in the coming years.
3Power Energy Group has entered into a frame agreement with an investment group from Albania, for the acquisition of 75% of development concession rights for a 127.6 MW hydropower project on the the Shala River.
E.ON has been given the green light to expand the Waldeck 2 pumped storage power plant in Edertal/Hemfurth, Germany. The company will buid another underground power station cavern, witha a 300 MW pump turbine. The company announced plans to expand capacity at Waldeck 2 almost exactly a year ago.
