NKK to supply steel clad plates for Three Gorges
China’s Fuchunjiang Hydro-power Equipment Works has awarded NKK an order to supply 1000tons of stainless-clad steel plates for conduit pipes
Norwegian consortium signs MOU
10 Aug 99On 26 July a Norwegian consortium signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Power Development Corpora-tion in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan’s Minister gives briefing on dam issues
10 Aug 99Pakistan Minister for Water and Power, Gohar Ayub, informed the National Assembly on Monday that work on the Ghazi Barotha
WWF seeks to halt Polish plans
10 Aug 99The Worldwide Fund for Nature has called on the Polish Government to stop plans for construction of the Lower Vistual
Sulzer bids low for Turkey’s Sanliurfa
10 Aug 99Switzerland’s Sulzer, with Zurich-based ABB Asea Brown Boveri, is the low bidder at US$13.5M for electromechanical works at Turkey’s Sanliurfa
Programme to strengthen dam in the event of earthquakes
10 Aug 99San Luis Obispo County Flood Control District in California is launching a five-year programme to strengthen the 50.5m high Lopez
Hydro plant backup systems tested
10 Aug 99The generators at BC Hydro’s 2730MW GM Shrum generating station (GMS) near Hudson’s Hope in northern British Columbia, Canada, were
A good year for the reservoirs
10 Aug 99Hydro-Québec says that 1999 has been good for replenishing its hydroelectric reservoirs in northern Quebec, Canada. Hydro-Québec’s executive vice-president, Ghislain
Fish biologists seek demolition
10 Aug 99An association of fish biologists in Idaho, US, has overwhelmingly affirmed the need to bypass four lower Snake river dams
Environmental group condemns dam proposal
10 Aug 99A proposal to build a 40MW hydro dam on the Peace river in Alberta, Canada, was condemned by the Pembina