China muscles in on pumped storage
Just five years after the contracts were signed, the Shisanling pumped storage plant went into operation, relieving pressure…
Analysis
Swell opportunities for Japanese hydro
10 Mar 98Japan has upwards of 40 pumped storage plants in operation and new river sites are becoming scarce, but…
Moving Mountains
10 Mar 98A unique photographic exhibition, which chronicles the hydro power exploits of Italian firm Umberto Girola earlier this century,…
Trashrack cleaning the German way
10 Mar 98In the past, trashrack cleaning systems have not been viewed as one of the most important pieces of…
Design by numbers
10 Mar 98The use of a 3D Navier Stokes code for a complete Francis turbine has rendered the numerical test…
Investing in Albania’s hydro riches
10 Mar 98Albania’s per capita hydro potential is one of the largest in Europe. Professor Luan Trola* explains how it…
Flørli finds more power
10 Mar 98At 80 years old, the Flørli plant in southwestern Norway is beginning to show its age, but the…
Software package puts small hydro on the map
10 Mar 98The Institute of Hydrology in the UK has developed a software package to assess the hydrological and power…
Big potential for small hydro
10 Mar 98Small hydro has been a neglected area in India, and only one tenth of the assessed potential has…
Foundations for a harmonious future
10 Mar 98Environmental concerns about hydro power are not new: Horst Kreiser* and Robert Rapp** place development of the Lech…