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Jirau hydropower plant in Brazil attains Gold-Level Sustainability Certification
Monday, October 09, 2023 by The Jirau hydropower plant, boasting 3.75GW of power capacity and owned by Jirau Energia, has become the first project in South Amercia to secure Gold-level certification against...

CELEC EP implements contingency plan for Minas San Francisco hydropower plant amid El Niño phenomenon
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 by The Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC EP) has devised an Institutional Contingency Plan to ensure uninterrupted operation of the Minas San Francisco hydropower plant during...

Largest floating solar project in South America installed at Colombia's Urrá dam
Friday, June 23, 2023 by South America's largest floating solar project has been launched at Colombia's Urrá Dam, aiming to showcase the potential of pairing floating solar with hydroelectric operations...

Sustainable hydropower ‘essential’ for Latin American and Caribbean clean energy goals says IHA and IADB
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 by Hydropower has a key role to play in helping Latin America and the Caribbean meet its clean energy goals, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) and the International...

Voith to modernise Porto Colombia plant, Brazil
Tuesday, October 04, 2022 by In its first large-scale contract after privatization, Furnas has tasked Voith Hydro with modernisation of the 320MW Porto Colombia hydropower plant on the Grande River on the...

GE wins 5-year maintenance contract at Belo Monte, Brazil
Tuesday, October 04, 2022 by GE Renewable Energy is to carry out scheduled, routine and corrective maintenance at the 11GW Belo Monte hydropower scheme in Brazil over the next five years after signing a contract...

EIG launches renewables platform in Chile
Friday, July 01, 2022 by Energy sector investor EIG has announced the launch of Grupo Cerro, a new renewable energy platform in Chile, which includes EIG-owned Cerro Dominador plants and the recently...

ORPC signs deal for hydrokinetic system in Chile
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 by Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is to install its first river hydrokinetic power system in South America next year after signing a deal with the Municipality of Chile Chico in...

Project to allow remote operation of Baba hydro plant, Ecuador
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 by The Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC EP) is carrying out a project that will allow the remote operation of the 42MW Baba hydroelectric in Los Ríos province from the load...

Emerson Ovation technology to modernise Salto Grande
Thursday, September 24, 2020 by Emerson has been contracted by the Salto Grande Mixed Technical Commission to modernise 14 hydroelectric turbine governors at the binational Salto Grande Hydroelectric Complex with...

Andritz to modernise Sobradinho plant, Brazil
Tuesday, May 05, 2020 by Andritz is to perform the complete modernization and digitalization of the 1050MW Sobradinho hydropower plant on the São Francisco river, Bahia state, Brazil, after signing a...

Solar project being developed at Batalha hydro plant, Brazil
Monday, February 17, 2020 by Tractebel has announced that it is working on a 15 hectare floating photovoltaic plant on the Batalha hydroelectric power plant reservoir in Paracatu, Minas Gerais.

ABB to upgrade Copel hydroelectric power plant in Brazil
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 by ABB has won a US$2.5 million contract from Copel to upgrade the 1240MW Governador José Richa hydropower plant (previously Salto Caxias) on the Iguazu River in the Brazilian State of Paraná.

Brazilian Police announce criminal charges following tailings dam disaster
Monday, September 23, 2019 by Mining giant Vale and German safety firm Tüv Süd are reportedly facing criminal charges following the deadly collapse of a tailings dam at Feijão mine in the city of Brumadinho,...

Baixo Iguaçu hydroelectric power plant inaugurated in Brazil
Saturday, May 25, 2019 by Iberdrola, through its Brazilian affiliate Neoenergia, has officially opened the 350MW Baixo Iguaçu hydroelectric power plant in Brazil.

Reventazón hydropower plant awarded the IHA’s Blue Planet Prize
Friday, May 17, 2019 by The Reventazón Hydropower Plant in Costa Rica has been named the winner of the 2019 IHA Blue Planet Prize, a prestigious award which recognises excellence in sustainable...

Vale provides an update on situation in Brumadinho
Friday, February 01, 2019 by Ninety-nine people have now been confirmed killed with a further 259 people missing following the collapse last Friday of Dam I of the Córrego do Feijão mine in the city of...

Vale presents plan to decommission tailings dams
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 by Brazilian mining firm Vale has presented a plan to Brazilian authorities that would see the company decommission all tailings dams built to the same method as the dam that failed...

Arrests following dam breach in Brazil
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 by Three employers of mining firm Vale have been arrested alongside two contractors working for the firm following the fatal breach on Friday of Dam I of the Córrego do Feijão mine, in...