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• Africa plans largest hydroelectric dam in world
  Apr 21, 2008 - Xinhua
  
  A plan to build the largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam in the world is being discussed in London, BBC reported Monday.
  
  
• Project to make electricity from Detroit River's flow
  Nov 9, 2007 - Kathleen Gray - Detroit Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News
  
  The power of moving water has long been harnessed by hydroelectric dams, but an Ann Arbor company has a new idea to use the flow of the Detroit River to generate electricity.
  
  
• RWE and EOS sign 10-year power exchange agreement
  Aug 24, 2007 - Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections
  
  German utility RWE and Swiss power company Energie Ouest Suisse have signed a 10-year agreement to exchange hydroelectric and coal-fired power that will come into effect on January 1, 2009. RWE will supply around 1 bn kWh per year of electricity from hard coal-fired power plants.
  
  
  
• Mali, Mauritania And Senegal Receive Assistance for Regional Hydroelectric Development
  Aug 26, 2007 - World Bank/All Africa Global Media

  Washington, DC - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved three International Development Association (IDA) credits*, each for US$25 million equivalent to the Republic of Mali, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of Senegal under the US$ 350 million adaptable program lending (APL) facility that supports the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) initiative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
  
  

• Ecuador president declares power emergency
  QUITO, Aug 8, 2007 -- Xinhua
  
  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa declared a state of emergency in the nation's power sector Wednesday, amid a surge in national electricity consumption and an energy export stoppage by Colombia.
  
  
• Giant dam projects aim to transform African power supplies
  June 19, 2007 - Sarah J. Wachter - International Herald Tribune
  
  PARIS: Maps As the world's political leaders debate ways to alleviate poverty in Africa, industrialists are moving ahead with their own designs for pan-African development - including the building of the world's largest hydroelectric dam at a bend in the Congo River, between Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Atlantic Ocean.
  
  http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/19/business/rnrghydro.php
  
  
• Over 6,000 Ethiopia's rural towns to be electrified next year: minister
  May 14, 2007 - Xinhua
  
  ADDIS ABABAEthiopia's Ministry of Mines and Energy said Monday it has plans to electrify over 6,000 rural towns next year.
  
  
• Zambia Needs $2.1bn for Hydropower Generation
  Feb 9, 2007 All Africa Global Media
  
  Parliament heard yesterday that Zambia needs US$2.1 billion investment to expand hydropower generation and transmission to avoid a looming power shortage in the next five years
  
  
• Massive hydroelectric project could help with climate change
  Feb 6, 2007 Associated Press
  
  Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams cast himself as an environmental champion Tuesday, saying the proposed Lower Churchill hydroelectric development could help Canada dramatically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
  
  
• Waterwheel Invention Promises Cheap Electricity
  Jan 1, 2007 energycentral.com
  
  It's a mechanical problem that's troubled scientists since Archimedes and the ancient Greeks but now an electrician has come up with a new invention that could help save consumers thousands of pounds in energy bills.
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=425665&in_page_id=1965
  
  
• Hydropower Stations Dot Yangtze River
  Nov 26, 2006 Xinhua
  
  A thousand kilometers upstream from the Three Gorges Project, China continues to throw up hydropower stations on the Yangtze.
  
  http://www.china.org.cn/english/environment/190356.htm
  
  
• Hydropower and Other Renewables: Best Source of Electricity for Canadians Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  October 31, 2006 Minister Lunn Canada NewsWire
  
  "Using additional hydropower capacity could make a substantial contribution to reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution both in the United States and here at home," said federal minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn, addressing delegates at the seventh Forum on Hydropower. "However, action on regulatory efficiency is essential to ensure the continued development of hydropower and other renewables."
  
  http://www.greenjobs.com/Public/IndustryNews/inews02135.htm
  
  
• Giant Congo hydroelectric project is a 'betrayal'
  Sep 2, 2006 - by Fred Pearce
  
  The heart of darkness could soon be lighting up Africa. There are plans to build the world's largest hydroelectric project on the Congo river and connect it to a continent-wide electricity grid.
  
  
• Plutonic Power Secures the Rights for Three New Run-Of-River Green Energy Hydropower Projects,
  Sept. 7, 2006, PLUTONIC POWER CORPORATION, CCN Mathews
  
  Plutonic Power Corporation is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed Stages 1 and 2 towards securing a Water License and Crown Land rights from the Integrated Land Management Bureau (Ministry of Agriculture and Lands) and the Water Stewardship Division (Ministry of the Environment), for the development of three run-of-river nonstorage hydroelectric power generation projects to be located on Smythe Creek, Stanton Creek and Fissure Creek, near the headwaters of Knight Inlet, approximately 200 km North of Powell River, BC.
  
  http://ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=611097

• Mali, Mauritina And Senegal Receive Assistance for Regional Hydroelectric Development.
  
  The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved three International Development Association (IDA) credits*, each for US$25 million equivalent to the Republic of Mali, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of Senegal under the US$ 350 million adaptable program lending (APL) facility that supports the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) initiative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
  
  http://allafrica.com/stories/200606300671.html

• China Eyes Hydropower to Relief Pollution
  
  China's installed hydropower capacity will rise by 35 percent from the current 74 million kilowatts to 100 million kilowatts by 2005 to replace dirty and inefficient thermal power.
  
  http://english.people.com.cn/english/200101/02/eng20010102_59397.html

• Uganda: Micro-Hydro Sites Identified
  
  THE Japanese delegation to Uganda on August 3 concluded a one-week fact finding mission on potential sites for generating electricity for rural communities.
  
  http://allafrica.com/stories/200608140994.html

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