Lower exports, higher profit
Canadian utility, Hydro-Québec, says it expects net power exports to the US to fall from 16TWh sold in 1999 to
Industry accolades
01 Jan 99Göran Lindahl, president and chief executive officer of global technology and engineering group ABB, has been named 1999 CEO of
Business relations
01 Jan 99Preussag Noell of Germany has signed a contract with Andino Hydropower Engineering. Andino is to take over the remaining backlog
Tanzania invites investors
01 Jan 99Tanzania has urged foreign companies to invest in the country’s energy market, as only 10% of the country’s estimated hydroelectric
Ralco terms submitted
01 Jan 99Chile’s Department of Electrical Energy and Fuels has submitted to the Ministry of Finance the terms of the concession granted
Tucurui timber harvest
01 Jan 99Electronorte, a utility com- pany owned by the Brazilian government, has engaged US-based Aquatic Cellulose International to harvest the timber
Machadinho dam moves forward
01 Jan 99The 1140MW Machadinho dam project in southern Brazil took another step forward in October, when the course of the river
Single bidder attracted by Ourinhas
01 Jan 99Only one candidate has made a bid for the concession to build the 44MW Ourinhos dam in Brazil.The successful bid
AES wins bid for Tiete
01 Jan 99Virginia-based AES Corpor-ation of the US has won the bid to purchase a controlling interest in Tiete for approximately US$486M.Tiete
Yellow river project starts storing water
01 Jan 99Xiaolangdi, the largest dam on China’s Yellow river, has started storing water, according to officials. If the current inflow continues