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Our editorial board comprises a specialist group of leading industry figures who, in conjunction with the international water power editorial team, identify the main drivers of the industry helping to produce regular, thought provoking opinion pieces on the latest issues, challenges and developments.

Latest International Water Power & Dam Construction Feature

Addressing the impending workforce shortage
20 March, 2023
Aware of the important role it has to play in decarbonising the power...
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Tagless technology for fish tracking 15 March, 2023 New tagless fish detection technology based on Artificial Intelligence has been developed by Innovasea to help bring the task of fish counting into the 21st century. IWP&DC discovers...

Staying ahead of cybercriminals 13 March, 2023 Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control, examines how Utilities companies can mitigate cyber security threats to ensure commercial operations are not compromised

Woman of Waterpower 2022 08 March, 2023 The Women in Renewable Energy network and WaterPower Canada announced that Christine Monette from Andritz Hydro in Canada was the recipient of the Woman of Waterpower Award for 2022....

Reflecting on the FutureDAMS project 06 March, 2023 As its work drew to a close last year, members of the FutureDAMS research team reflected on the lessons they have learned about the water-energy-food-environment nexus since the...

The Gross Reservoir Expansion project 01 March, 2023 The Gross Reservoir Expansion Project in the US will almost triple reservoir storage capacity and improve water reliability for more than 1.5 million Denver residents. Michael F....

Journey of evolution 17 February, 2023 Terry Stebbings from Proterra Energy gives an overview of a combined small hydro and solar scheme the company recently worked on in Knoydart, Scotland. He says that in an...

Safety first for zero failures 09 February, 2023 Mining continues to play an important role in many communities around the globe, but any failure has the potential to cause catastrophic and long-lasting impacts to water quality,...

Developing the Muttsee AlpinSolar project 02 February, 2023 Initially the Muttsee AlpinSolar project in Switzerland was borderline from a profitability point of view. Christian Heierli from Axpo Solutions explains why they persevered with...

New hydro for University of Notre Dame 25 January, 2023 The University of Notre Dame in the US has completed construction of a new hydropower project in Indiana.

Climate change and hydropower 17 January, 2023 The impacts of climate change are being felt across the European and North American hydropower industries. However, even with extreme and varied weather conditions, research shows...

Training – more relevant than ever 12 January, 2023 As the clean energy transition gains momentum, and with an ever-increasing pressure on existing water resources and evolving best practices, there has never been a more important time...

Benefits for long-term hydropower energy trading by integrating satellite derived snow data 04 January, 2023 Scientists and industry pioneers of the DeFROST4Hydropower project successfully demonstrate that the combination of near real-time geospatial data fused with AI and long-term...

Wave power - poised for adoption and growth 13 December, 2022 Australian renewable energy company Wave Swell Energy believes that wave power is poised for adoption and growth within the renewable energy mix over the next decade. Chief...

It’s all in the science for fish passage solutions 05 December, 2022 Fish passage solutions can be complex. Here Kleinschmidt gives an overview of some of the projects it has been involved with across North America which range from trap and...

A strong business case 24 November, 2022 To fulfil hydropower development potential and meet climate goals, the industry must actively promote its sustainable credentials to attract greater investment. Suzanne Pritchard reports

Wave power - poised for adoption and growth? 10 November, 2022 Australian renewable energy company Wave Swell Energy believes that wave power is poised for adoption and growth within the renewable energy mix over the next decade. Chief...

Fortum celebrates European achievements 02 November, 2022 Finnish energy company Fortum gives an insight into different hydropower projects it has worked on in Sweden and Finland over recent years.

Snow monitoring and Italian hydropower 26 October, 2022 Enel and ESA launch new Snow Water Equivalent feasibility study in Italy with Wegaw’s satellite-based snow monitoring solution

Geomorphic designs inform tailings dam sustainability 20 October, 2022 Civil engineer Justin Walls of SRK Consulting considers how geomorphic designs are being applied to tailings dams, emulating natural landforms to render these structures more...


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