Tag: hydroelectric

Utility mulls future of hydroelectric dams

ELKHART — Long-terms plans for two aging hydroelectric dams on the St. Joseph River are under consideration – plans that might include relicensing the facilities and continuing full operations in the decades ahead, or removing them and restoring a free-flowing river. Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) announced it was exploring the best long-term options for the […]

Divers discover two more bodies in Italian hydroelectric plant explosion

Divers in northern Italy have discovered two more bodies of workers who died in an explosion that collapsed and flooded several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant, bringing the number of confirmed dead to five, officials said. The explosion on Tuesday at the Enel Green Power plant, close to the city of Bologna, occurred at […]

Russia attacks Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric plant amid overnight barrage

Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least five people, officials said. Energy minister German Galushchenko said the overnight drone and rocket attacks were “the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent times. He added: “The goal is […]

Russia attacks Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric plant amid overnight barrage

Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least three people, officials said. Energy minister German Galushchenko said the overnight drone and rocket attacks were “the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent times. He added: “The goal is […]

Consumers seeks offers, ideas for 13 hydroelectric dams

JACKSON — Consumers Energy is working to identify potential buyers for 13 hydroelectric dams in Michigan. Consumers announced it’s issuing a request for proposals this month. The public utility spent the past two years visiting communities where the dams are located and hosting public meetings to gather feedback. “We are grateful for the meaningful input […]

Plan for largest Hawaii hydroelectric plant is downsized

Jan. 7—Kauai’s nonprofit electric utility recently announced that part of its West Kauai Energy Project with developer and operator AES Corp. has been canceled, and that it is uncertain whether the remainder of the overall $250 million project remains financially feasible. An ambitious plan to develop a renewable energy project on Kauai that would have […]