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voda 24 februari 2017 14:51

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Centre clears INR 5,700crore hydro power project to be set up in Nepal

Press Trust of India reported that the government recently approved a 900 MW hydro power project to be set up in Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal at a cost of INR. 5,723.72 crore. The decision to approve the Arun-III project was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today.

Mr Piyush Goyal, Power Minister said that "The Cabinet today approved setting up of Arun-III project at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,723.72 crore. The project is expected to achieve financial closure by September this year. The projected will be implemented within five years."

The project is being implemented by a 100 per cent subsidiary of state-run SJVN Ltd.

SJVN Ltd is joint venture between Central and Himachal Pradesh governments with shareholding of 64.46 per cent and 25.51 per cent, respectively.

Mr RN Misra, SJVN Ltd Chairman and Managing Director, said that "Union Cabinet has approved the project and its investment. It was awaited. The project is being implemented by 100 per cent subsidiary of SJVN Ltd."

The subsidiary SJVN Arun-3 Power Development Company Pvt Ltd (SAPDC) was incorporated and registered on April 25, 2013 as a private limited company under Nepal's Companies Act. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the project was signed with the Government of Nepal on March 2, 2008.

Source : Press Trust of India

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voda 24 februari 2017 15:38

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Irish Eaton to modernise four hydropower plants of US Army Corps

Power Transformer News reported that Irish power management company Eaton has secured new contracts from the US Army Corps to upgrade and extend the lifespan of electrical systems at four hydropower facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee, US.

The new technology includes high-voltage circuit breakers, motor control centres, power transformers, and arc flash safety solutions.

Under the terms of the contract, Eaton will carry out the designing, development, delivery, installation, and commissioning of electrical distribution, protection, and safety systems at the four sites. The company will also replace traditional powerhouse equipment with new technology to optimise performance levels.

Source : Power Transformer News

voda 24 februari 2017 15:59

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Small hydropower plants account for 13pct of electricity produced in Armenia

ARKA reported that in 2016 small hydropower plants accounted for 13% of the total electricity produced in Armenia, by 4% more than a year earlier, the ministry of energy infrastructure and natural resources said today, attributing the growth to an increase in the number of these stations and the volume of electricity they produced.

Mr Hayk Badalyan, the head of a ministry department, is quoted as saying in a press release that as of January 1, 2017 there were 178 small hydropower plants in the country, by 5 more than a year before. Their total installed capacity was about 328 MW, and the production - about 957 million kWh.

Mr Badalyan said that the number of small hydropower plants in Armenia will continue to increase, as construction of another 39 small HPPs with total design capacity of 74 MW and an annual output of 260 million kWh was underway.

According to him, the Armenian government attaches great importance to construction of efficient and environmentally safe small hydro power plants.
Currently, the ministry is revising the set of technical requirements for hydro power plant, which will improve their operation and ensure stable development of small hydropower plants.

Source : ARKA

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voda 24 februari 2017 16:01

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Hidroelectrica must deal with unprofitable assets before IPO – Mr Agliceru

Romanian state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica needs to deal with 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) of unprofitable investments before it can launch an initial public offering (IPO) this year.

Romania's largest and cheapest power producer came out of insolvency in 2016 after years of restructuring and reforms, which included cancelling bilateral contracts under which it sold the bulk of its output below market prices.

Hidroelectrica management board president Ovidiu Agliceru told reporters said that "A listing this year is feasible but only if the problem of unprofitable non-core investments is solved."

Mr Agliceru said that unprofitable investments totalling 2 billion euros needed to be either kept, scrapped or transferred.

Besides its hydropower plants, Hidroelectrica also has assets such as irrigation lines that help the agricultural sector and with water management but generate little electricity.

Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea , which is managed by Franklin Templeton Investment and is Hidroelectrica's sole minority shareholder, values its 20 percent stake at about $700 million, implying a company value of $3.5 billion.

Oana Truta, vice president at Franklin Templeton, said the company would be worth more if it resolved its non-core asset problems and finalised professional board appointments.

Fondul has said it would like to sell part of its stake in the IPO, which would be the first public offering by a state-owned firm in Romania since 2014.

Agliceru said preliminary data showed Hidroelectrica had a net profit of 1.27 billion lei ($297 million) in 2016 and produced 17.4 terawatt hours (TWh) of power. The company plans to invest roughly 1 billion euros over five years.

Source : Reuters

voda 24 februari 2017 16:12

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Georgia to host international congress on hydropower construction

messenger.com reported that Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi will host an international congress and exhibition this week to discuss key topics of hydropower construction and operation in the regions of the Caspian Sea and Central Asia.

High-profile speakers will discuss the formative role of hydropower in the energy sector of the region and beyond, in addition to the benefits of an interconnected energy grid that extends beyond national borders.

The congress Hydropower The Caspian and Central Asia 2017 will take place from February 15-16. Participants will also review initiatives and commitments of participating countries and discuss action priorities.

However, participants will present more than 40 plans for both completely new projects and for projects that entail the modernisation of large, small and medium hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Caspian and Central Asia region (Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Kirgizia and Kazakhstan).

The most pressing issues facing hydropower, including project financing, ecological safety and technology innovation, will be also discussed at the two-day event.

Source : messenger.com

voda 24 februari 2017 16:12

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Energy Australia wants to build a 100MW hydro electricity plant in South Australia

Energy Australia's Managing Director Catherine Tanna briefed the federal government on the potential for a pumped hydroelectric storage project in South Australia. Tanna says the project would support the delivery of cleaner, reliable and affordable supplies of energy to the state.

Energy Australia partnered with Melbourne Energy Institute and Arup Group over the last 12 months to investigate the project, focusing on using seawater.

Energy Australia said that located in the Spencer Gulf of South Australia, the proposed project would have the capacity to produce around 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity with six-to-eight hours of storage. That's the equivalent of installing 100,000 home battery storage systems, but at a fifth of the cost.

Tanna said that "Pumped hydro storage using seawater is just one of the innovations we're looking at to increase Australia's supplies of cleaner energy. The technology works like a giant battery. Its great advantage lies in complementing the shift to renewable energy by providing a reliable store of affordable power."

Last week Tanna said she was "worried" about what will happen to customer's bills after the recent heatwave in Eastern Australia.

She said that "We've seen that customers over the weekend in some places in Australia used 25 per cent more than usual. In a couple of months when these bills turn up they are going to get a surprise and I am worried about that because I know that the cost of living is a concern for them."

Renewables are the long term solution, Tanna said. The currently cheaper forms of electricity (coal, mainly) will be retiring in the next 20 years is a "reality" and a transition plan to renewables is the way forward to avoid higher bills.

One of Australia's biggest operators of coal-fired power stations, Energy Australia, has come out and said the solution to reducing customers' bills is a transition to renewable energy.

Tanna said on hot days, when demand spikes, a pumped hydro plant can be brought into action in minutes, "keeping the lights on and costs down".

Tanna said while some proposed projects, like interconnectors, tend to shift reliability issues, energy storage, whether in the form of pumped hydro or batteries, "actually solves the problem".

Pumped hydro is a form of hydroelectricity that does not rely on rivers or flowing water. Fresh water pumped hydro has been used for decades in countries including the United States, Japan and China. In 2013 Melbourne Energy Institute and Arup started assessing how the technology could be adapted to Australia's dry conditions using seawater.

Source : gizmodo.com

voda 24 februari 2017 16:51

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Subansiri Hydro Power Project problems to be sorted out - Mr Khandu

Mr Pema Khandu, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister said that the state government will soon sort out the problems on implementation of the stalled 2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project at Dollongmukh in Lower Subansiri district.

Mr Khandu said he would hold talks with Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal and his Assam counterpart Sarbananda Sonowal for an early solution. He gave this assurance to a group of NHPC officials after inspecting the dam, an official release said.

Work on Lower Subansiri project has been stalled since December 2011 because of protests by anti-dam groups from Assam who apprehended that the people residing in the downstream of the project will be in grave danger in there is any breach in the dam.

He said that finding a solution to the Subansiri Lower dam is important since the state government is losing to the tune of Rs 1.20 crore per day, an amount that could have been accrued from the 12 per cent free power share.

He added that had the dam been commissioned on time, the state could have reaped the benefits in terms of employment, contractual works and tourism promotion.

Executive Director of Subansiri HEP project, Rakesh said the project's initial cost estimate at Rs 6285 crore when construction began in 2005. However, due to the delay, the revised cost estimate has jumped to Rs 17,435 crore now.

The NHPC official said that till date 55 per cent of works have been completed and construction work now has stopped with only routine maintenance works being carried out.

Source : PTI

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voda 7 maart 2017 21:15

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World Bank 'options' for resolving Kishenganga, Ratle hydro deadlock

PTI reported that The World Bank suggested some "options" for resolving the deadlock between India and Pakistan over Kishenganga and Ratle projects, which come under the Indus Water Treaty. The "options" were suggested by CEO Kristalina Georgieva during a meeting with senior government officials here.

However, officials refused to divulge details, saying these will be first discussed by higher authorities in the government before being made public.

World Bank representative Ian Solomon, who had visited the national capital on January 5 to discuss ways forward in the matter, was also present at the 30-minute meeting, which was attended by External Affairs Ministry and Water Resources Ministry officials.

"We listened to her (Georgieva) during the meeting. India's position continues to be the same on the issue. So, she suggested us some options to find a way forward.

A source said that "These options will be discussed by higher ups in Foreign Office and PMO before any step is taken."

The source said India maintained during the meeting that it "has always respected and will respect" the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) and that it is "always open for discussion and resolution of the issue in a friendly manner".

The source said that "Only thing is that for everything there is a procedure. From India's point of view, the procedure is given it is a technical issue that a neutral expert be appointed to look into the matter."

Pakistan had last year approached the World Bank, complaining the two projects in Jammu and Kashmir violated the water distribution agreement.

India, however, had maintained the two projects do not violate the treaty and sought appointment of a neutral expert given the issues raised by Pakistan are "design related and technical ones".

Responding, the World Bank, which has a specific role in dispute resolution between the country as per the treaty, decided to set up a Court of Arbitration (CoA) to settle the disputes following Pakistan's demand. It also agreed to appoint a neutral expert as was sought by New Delhi.

Source : PTI

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voda 7 maart 2017 21:22

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Three Gorges Project reaches 1 trillion kWh milestone

According to the China Three Gorges Corporation which built and operates the infrastructure, the world's largest hydropower project, the Three Gorges, has generated one trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity after 14 years of operation. The power generation milestone is equivalent to more than seven times the amount of electricity used by the entire city of Shanghai in 2015.

The Three Gorges Project has helped reduce consumption of coal by 319 million metric tons and reduced carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide emissions by 858 million tons and 9 million tons respectively, compared with thermal power generation, the corporation estimated.

The Three Gorges hydropower project has a generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts and is located in the middle reaches of China's longest river, the Yangtze.

The multi-functional water control system consisting of a dam, 32 hydropower turbo-generators with a generating capacity of 700,000 kilowatts each, a five-tier ship lock and a shiplift, generated 93.5 billion kWh of electricity last year.

Source : China Daily

voda 7 maart 2017 21:23

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Slovakian investors interested in building hydropower plant in Vitebsk Oblast - Report

BelTA learned from Yuri Mitkovets, Deputy Director General for Capital Construction of the Vitebsk Oblast electrical company Vitebs ken ergo, Slovakian investors show interest in the construction of the Beshenkovichi hydropower plant.

A cascade of hydropower plants is being built on the Zapadnaya Dvina River. The Vitebsk hydropower plant and the Polotsk hydropower plant already operate in test mode. There are plans to build a hydropower plant in Beshenkovichi.

The executive said that "We seek an investor. There are plans to use direct investments for building the Beshenkovichi hydropower plant. It is the key condition. Proposals have been received from several companies from China and Russia. Slovakia has been showing strong interest recently. Representatives of Slovakia have been to Belarus to study the situation on site. A new round of preliminary talks is supposed to take place in March. Work is in progress to agree how much work will be done, where the hydropower plant will be located and on what conditions the project will be implemented - the establishment of a joint venture or the arrival of a foreign investor."

Yuri Mitkovets stressed that all the technical and economic parameters of the hydropower plant remain unchanged, however, auxiliary facilities can be changed if the changes do not influence energy generation parameters. The Beshenkovichi hydropower plant will have to generate 33MW of electricity. The installed output capacity of the Vitebsk hydropower plant is 40MW, that of the Polotsk hydropower plant is 22MW. The cascade of the hydropower plants will allow saving about $24 million per annum at current prices for natural gas by reducing fuel import. The environmental footprint will be reduced. For instance, the Polotsk hydropower plant will allow decreasing harmful emissions into the atmosphere by 45,000 tonnes, with the Vitebsk hydropower plant rpflurinn pmissinns hv 11 OHO tnnnps.

The hydropower plants are being built on the Zapadnaya Dvina River in accordance with government programs on building hydropower plants and on developing the Belarusian power grid. BelTA reported earlier that about 90MW of new electricity-generating installations will be commissioned in 2017.

Source : BelTA

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voda 16 maart 2017 21:05

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20 hydro projects of 6,329 MW stalled or stressed - Mr Goyal

PTI reported that as many as 20 under construction hydro power projects totalling 6,329 MW are either stalled or stressed in the country and Rs 30,147.08 crore has already been spent on them.

Mr Piyush Goyal, Power Minister, said that "Out of 44 HEPs (hydro electric projects above 25 MW) under construction presently, 20 HEPs totalling 6,329 MW are stalled/stressed and an amount of Rs 30,147.08 crore has already been spent on these HEPs."

According to the reply, total hydro power generation capacity in the country was at 44,413.42 MW in respect of hydro project above 25 MW capacity as on February 25, 2017.

The total hydro power generation in the country (from HEPs above 25 MW capacity) during 2016-17 up to February 25, 2017) is 113.53 Billion Units.

Mr Goyal said that the government has sanctioned the proposal regarding basin-wise reassessment of hydro potential in the country. The work has since been taken up by the Central Electricity Authority through WAPCOS Ltd for completion in about 30 months period.

The hydro projects below 25 MW capacity come under the purview of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and categorised as small hydro. These projects include 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower of NHPC Ltd, 500 MW Teesta VI of Lanco Teesta Hydro Power Ltd, 120 MW Rangit-IV of Jal Power Corp, 300 MW Panan of Himagiri Hydro Energy Pvt Ltd, 850 MW Ratle of GVK Ratle Hydro Electric Project Pvt Ltd, 100 MW Sorang of Himachal Sorang Power Ltd and 960 MW Polavaram of Polavaram Project Authority.

In a separate reply to the House today, the Minister said, "In order to promote clean and renewable hydro electric power and make it sustainable, various options are under consideration."

Source : PTI

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voda 17 maart 2017 16:25

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PM Mr Malcolm Turnbull wants to spend USD 2 billion to build Snowy Hydro 2

Business Insider reported that PM Mr Malcolm Turnbull will unveil a proposal to spend $2 billion to increase the capacity of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme by up to 50%.

The PM, who has expressed enthusiasm for pumped hydro in recent months as the federal government grapples with a growing national power crisis, is expected to announced the plan to upgrade government-owned power generating network, which includes nine hydro-electric power stations and 16 dams connected by tunnels and aqueducts, will announce his plan at Snowy Hydro this morning, according to Fairfax Media.

Pumped hydro involves sending stored water back up the hill to a storage dam using power from other sources during off peak periods, ready for reuse in hydro generation when demand grows.

The government wants to add around 2000MW of capacity – more than Victoria’s Hazelwood coal-fired power station, which closes later this month – enough to power 50,000 homes by adding additional tunnels for more pumped hydro in the first major upgrade to the scheme since it was completed in 1974.

The idea for more pumped hydro has been on the scheme’s drawing board since the 1980s. The company is minority-owned by the Commonwealth, which has a 13% stake, alongside major owner the New South Wales (58%) and Victorian (29%) governments, leaving Turnbull, who has been repeatedly critical of NSW and Victoria for their energy policies, facing some tricky negotiations with the states if he wants them to contribute to the upgrade.

The business generates revenue of around $1.2 billion annually and acts as something of an insurance policy in the national electricity market, adding power to the system when demand is high. A push to privatise the business in 2000s by the NSW and Commonwealth governments was abandoned in the wake of widespread opposition. A 2014 the National Commission of Audit again recommended in the Coalition government sell its stake, but an investment like this would delay any privatisation until at least the mid 2020s.

The upgrade is expected to take several years to complete, with work not getting underway until late 2018 for completion by around 2022-23. A feasibility study will get underway this shortly to be completed by the end of this year.

Source : Business Insider

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voda 4 april 2017 17:02

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South African firm plans to build 235 MW hydro power plant in Zambia

Zambia's embassy in Pretoria said that a South African company plans to build a dam and 235 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric power station costing about $1.26 billion in Zambia to help plug a power shortage.

Zambia generates about 2,600 MW, mostly from hydropower stations. Generation is running below capacity because of poor rainfall. Alongside growing demand for electricity, this has left the country with a deficit of about 600 MW.

The embassy statement said that MDH South Africa (Pty) Ltd has proposed being an anchor developer for the Ndevu Gorge Power Project which is planned on the Luangwa River in eastern Zambia.

It said that "The company has since made an application for authority to proceed with feasibility through Ministry of Energy."

The statement said that the Ndevu Gorge Hydro Power project involved building dam on the Luangwa River to create a lake that is 165 km long and 17 km wide at its broadest point, and which would drive a 235 MW power station.

It added that the initial estimate the construction cost was $1.26 billion. "This figure could change during the feasibility phase as the design aspects are finalized."

It further added that MDH South Africa was in discussions with investors and expected to conclude funding negotiations after the government issued the authority to proceed with feasibility.

Source : Reuters

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voda 4 april 2017 17:07

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Meghalaya taps only 10.49pct of its 3,000MW hydro potential

IANS reported that power-starved Meghalaya can harness only 10.49 per cent of its 3,000 MW hydro potential. This has been blamed to the Meghalaya Power Generation Corporation Limited for the failure to prepare long-term plans incorporating projects to be implemented as per the Meghalaya Power Policy, 2007.

In its report for the year ending March 31, 2016, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) found that the failure to prioritise projects for implementation during 2011-16 resulted in the corporation taking up projects for survey and investigation/implementation on a random basis without proper justification for their selection.

The report said that "The corporation did not prepare any perspective plan or annual business plan to prioritise the projects for implementation and taking up pre-planning activities (conducting of the feasibility study, survey and investigation and the like)."

It said that Meghalaya has a hydroelectricity potential of 3,000 MW, which is about three per cent of the total hydel potential of the country. As in March 2016, the state had seven hydroelectric power stations in operation owned and operated by the corporation.

It added that "The state could harness only 10.49 per cent of its hydro potential so far. As a result, Meghalaya has been a power-deficient state since 1990-91 and it has had to depend heavily on import of power from outside the state to meet its demand."

During the five-year period covering 2011-2012 to 2015-2016, the report stated that 38.23 per cent of the power consumed in the state was internally generated, 2.78 per cent was met from the state's share of free power from the central government's power generation utilities while the balance 58.99 per cent was purchased from outside the state.

Source : IANS

voda 5 april 2017 17:06

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Chinese firm to generate 610 MW electricity in Pakistan - Report

ANI reported that a Chinese firm, Sinohydro, will be able to generate 610 MW of electricity in Pakistan after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. Sinohydro will execute the Tarbela Dam's fourth extension project that will produce 610 MW of electricity.

The MoU is part of the 1900 MW that will be generated in the province under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, however, cautioned the federal government about the need to end unjust power outages across the province.

Mr Khattak said that "We will go to court if the unjust electricity load shedding is not stopped."

Describing the Water and Power Development Authority's (WAPDA) policy of more load shedding in high-loss areas as unjust, Khattak said customers who have been paying the bills have been facing the brunt of the load shedding.

He said that it is the duty of WAPDA to stop electricity theft and not customers.

Source : ANI

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voda 10 april 2017 17:23

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Hydro power projects of 11,928MW capacity under construction - Mr Goyal

PTI reported that forty three hydro-electric projects, with total generating capacity of 11,928 MW, are under construction.

Mr Piyush Goyal Power Minister said that out of these 43 projects, 16 are stalled due to financial constraints and other reasons.

Mr Goyal sid that the total power generation capacity of the 16 projects is 5,163 MW and the anticipated completion cost of these projects would be Rs 52,306 crore while their original cost was Rs 27,027 crore.

He said that "As per the calculation made by the Central Electricity Authority, the annual loss of energy generation from these stalled projects is about 15,564 million units."

He added that a panel to monitor power projects, set up by the Ministry of Power, independently follows up and monitors the progress of the hydro projects.

He further added that the CEA monitors the progress of under- construction power projects through frequent site visits and interaction with the developers and equipment suppliers.

Source : PTI

voda 11 april 2017 17:12

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Teesta hydro power project may hit endangered snow trout fish - Report

Times of India reported that snow trout, an endangered species of fish found in Himalayan rivers, is on the verge of vanishing fr-om Sikkim rivers following construction of several hydro power projects in ecologically fragile north Sikkim.

The comptroller & auditor general has expressed concern on the issue since the development of the 1200MW Teesta Stage-III hydel power project in Chungthang. In its report for 2015-16, the audit said the absence of a fish ladder at the project dam could hamper the migratory pattern of snow trout and pointed out lack of adequate repopulation measures from project developers.

Environment Impact Assessment had recommended this provision, which was incorporated in the Environment Management Plan. A fish ladder is a structure on or around barriers to facilitate natural migration of fish.

EIA assessed that the Teesta Stage-III project dam would act as a barrier to the free movement of fish species.

Further, condition IX of the environmental clearance also stipulated that the implementation of the fish management plan should be carried out in consultation with Directorate of Fisheries of the Sikkim government and submitted to the ministry of environment & forests.

Source : Times of India

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voda 27 april 2017 16:40

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Mr Goyal reviews hydel power development projects in AP

Union Power Minister Mr Piyush Goyal recently reviewed issues relating to hydro power development in Arunachal Pradesh with Chief Minister Mr Pema Khandu and his Assam counterpart Sarbananda Sonowal. Reiterating his stand over the Lower Subansiri Project, Khandu during the meeting, said the project has been stuck for a long time.

Mr Khandu said that "Local residents of the state have huge expectations from this project."

Mr Khandu and Sonowal assured Goyal that the 2,000 MW Lower Subansiri project will be put on track immediately and there will no further delay.

Mr Khandu also raised the issue of fast tracking the Khuppi-Bomdila-Tawang 132 KV transmission line and Bomdila-Kalaktang 132 KV transmission line.

Mr Goyal directed the CMD of Power Grid Corporation (PGCIL) to start work of these lines in the next few months.

On the issue of providing local employment for the youth of Arunachal Pradesh in hydro power project being implemented by NEEPCO, the Union Minister directed the NEEPCO CMD to visit Arunachal and discuss the employment-related demands of local people with the Chief Minister.

Source : PTI

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voda 8 juni 2017 17:21

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Nepal signs mega hydro project deal with Chinese firm

Indian Express reported that Nepal has signed a major deal with a Chinese company to develop a 1,200 MW hydroelectric project, the biggest hydro project in the landlocked country that could resolve its perennial power crisis. Nepal’s Ministry of Energy signed an MoU with China Gezhouba Group Corporation for the development of teh much-touted 1,200 MW Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project. The agreement was signed at the prime minister’s residence, in the presence of outgoing prime minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong, The Kathmandu Post reported.

As per the agreement, the storage project would be built under engineering, procurement, construction and finance model. Under this model, CGGC will help arrange funds required to develop the project. The funds will be mobilised in the form of soft loan or commercial loan from Chinese financial institutions on terms and conditions acceptable to the Nepal government. CGGC will also undertake the overall responsibility of executing the project.

According to the MoU, the Chinese developer will also conduct additional studies and investigations on the project if required. The MoU has given one year’s period to the Chinese developer to conduct assessment of the hydropower project and arrange necessary funds for its development.

According to Energy Ministry officials, this understanding will not bind the government legally or financially to hand over the project to the Chinese company for construction, as the final agreement is yet to be signed. The government has allocated a budget of INR 5.33 billion for the project’s development in the current fiscal year.

The EPCF model of project development, under which the contracting firm makes all the arrangements including mobilisation of financial resources to build the project, is considered to be one of the most effective and efficient models for development of huge infrastructure projects.

Currently, CGGC is building 30MW Chameliya Hydropower Project in the far west and 60MW Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in the central region.

Source : Indian Express

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voda 29 juni 2017 16:05

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Chinese hydropower frenzy drowns sacred mountains

AFP reported that towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below to build the country's latest mega-dam. The colossal construction site in Sichuan province swallows three rivers, providing another display of China's engineering prowess but also of the trauma it inflicts on people and nature along the way. Once completed in 2023, the 295-metre behemoth will be the world's third tallest dam, producing 3,000 megawatts of energy.

But for the communities around the massive project -- some as far as 100 kilometres (60 miles) upstream -- the Lianghekou dam will drown ancestral homes, revered Buddhist monasteries, fertile crops and sacred mountains.

Beijing is building hydropower at a breakneck pace in ethnically Tibetan regions as part of an ambitious undertaking to reduce the country's dependence on coal and cut emissions that have made it the world's top polluter.

China had just two dams in 1949, but now boasts some 22,000 -- nearly half the world total -- in all but one of the country's major waterways.

- 'We have no land' -
Mountains and rivers are revered as sacred in Tibetan Buddhism, and the extensive construction, which began in 2014, has alarmed locals who believe they can only live peacefully if the nature around them is protected.

"Last year, people said that a big forest fire happened because they blasted a road into the holy mountain, and it took revenge," said villager Tashi Yungdrung, a farmer with red thread wound through her thick braid who tends a small herd of yaks in the pastures above her stone, square-windowed home.

Most would not dare remove so much as a single stone from the mountain Palshab Drakar, an important pilgrimage site, she said.

Villagers are bracing for mass relocations, an experience that has previously caused havoc elsewhere in China.

Beginning in the 1990s, more than a million were moved for the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest in terms of capacity, with thousands still mired in poverty.

Plans posted at the Lianghekou construction site showed that 22 power plants will be built along the Yalong, a Yangtze tributary, collectively capable of generating 30 gigawatts of electricity -- a fifth of China's current total installed hydropower capacity.

Li Zhaolong, a Tibetan from Zhaba village, said he received 300,000 yuan ($44,000) in government compensation to build a new home on higher ground, where he will move next year.

But the 28,000 yuan moving fee his family received per person will not last long once their crops are submerged and they have no other sources of income.

Mr Li said that "Before we were farmers, and now we have no land. We can't move to a township, because we are uneducated and there will be no way to make a living there."

Some 6,000 people across four counties will be relocated, according to a state-affiliated energy website.

A lama named Lobsang said that five monasteries have been or will be rebuilt on higher ground, but their spiritual importance will be diminished as the communities they serve are displaced.

He said that "The government is very big, and the valley is very small. So much is lost, but we cannot resist or fight. When you say something and try to protect your place, the government gives you another name: separatist."

Some 80 percent of China's hydropower potential lies along the high-flow, glacier-fed rivers of the Tibetan plateau, but dams there bring minimal local benefits because most of the power goes to smog-choked cities in the east, according to the non-governmental organisation International Rivers.

Construction worker Zeng Qingtao said the state-owned Power Construction Corporation had brought in some 10,000 employees, but none are locals.

He said that "We can't hire Tibetans. They aren't reasonable." The Hubei native lives in Zhaba, a hamlet whose unique matrilineal customs are disappearing as residents scatter.

"The dams' negative impacts are very acutely felt at a local scale, while the positive impacts are very diffuse and broadly distributed," said Darrin Magee, a professor specialising in Chinese hydropower at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in the US.

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Some experts question whether hydropower can cut coal dependence, as its low efficiency can spur the development of backup coal plants that operate during dry spells.

In addition, Fan Xiao, chief engineer of the provincial government's Geology and Mineral Resources Bureau, said studies show reservoirs in this region emit huge amounts of methane and carbon dioxide derived from organic matter trapped underwater during flooding.

Engineers and environmentalists also worry that Sichuan, which will receive a third of China's planned hydropower investment by 2020, is a hotbed of seismic activity that could damage hydropower stations.

Geologists believe the water pressure exerted by dam reservoirs can trigger earthquakes, which some suspect happened in the 2008 Wenchuan quake that claimed 87,000 lives, a few hundred kilometres from Lianghekou.

Source : AFP

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