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China clean energy goal will require hydro projects: official

By admin in May 31st 2010   No Comment »
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Reuters in Beijing (Reuters) – China will not achieve its clean energy development targets for 2020 unless it starts building big hydropower projects soon, China’s top energy official said, supporting industry calls for fast project approvals. “For new hydropower projects to play a role in China’s move toward energy saving and emission reduction in 2020, [...]

Four African countries sign new Nile treaty

By admin in May 15th 2010   No Comment »
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By Ben Simon for AFP ENTEBBE, Uganda — Four African countries on Friday signed a new treaty on the equitable sharing of the Nile waters despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan who have the lion’s share of the river waters. Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania signed the new framework while Kenya issued a support [...]

Water shortages sweeping Burma

By admin in May 11th 2010   No Comment »
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By MIN LWIN with additional reporting from NAW NOREEN for The Democratic Voice of Burma Lakes and freshwater wells in central Burma are drying up, fuelled by hot weather and abnormal river flows resulting from hydropower projects. A local in Sagaing division’s capital, Monywa, said that wells were drying up in every ward of the [...]

German Company Faces Criminal Complaint Over Abuses in Sudan Dam

By admin in May 9th 2010   No Comment »
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Peter Bosshard for International Rivers The Merowe Dam on the Nile in Northern Sudan is one of the largest and most destructive hydropower projects in Africa. Commissioned in 2009, the project affects up to 70,000 people, many of whom were displaced from the fertile Nile Valley to arid desert locations. Thousands of people were flushed [...]

Agencies Sign MOU Establishing "New Approach" to Hydropower, Hydroelectric, and Pumped Storage Facilities

By admin in April 5th 2010   No Comment »
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Stoel Rives Energy Law Alert On March 24, 2010, three federal agencies announced a Memorandum of Understanding for Hydropower (the “MOU”) that impacts developers of traditional hydropower, hydrokinetic, pumped storage, and small-scale hydropower facilities. The Department of Energy (the “DOE”), the Department of the Interior (the “DOI”), and the Department of the Army, through the [...]

Dam projects suspended over eco-concerns

By paulstewart in June 12th 2009   No Comment »
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By Li Jing for China Daily The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) Thursday suspended approval for hydropower projects along the middle reaches of Jinsha River, after finding that two dams had been illegally constructed on it. The Ludila hydropower project by Huadian Power, and the Longkaikou project by Huaneng Power, both located in Lijiang, Yunnan [...]

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