Environmental advertisement campaign targets Three Gorges dam bonds
Environmental groups opposed to China’s Three Gorges dam urged readers in full-page advertisements in the business section of the New
Jordan valley dams contract award
10 Feb 99A consortium of Aegek of Greece and Hydrogradnja has won a US$93.1M contract to build the Wala and Mujib dams
Cambodia to rely on hydro
10 Feb 99Cambodia’s present total viable installed capacity is 97MW, Electricite du Cambodge Corporate Planning and Projects director Ty Norin told a
Pump stations under way at Syrian dam
10 Feb 99Construction has started of two key pumping stations at the Bassel al Assad dam on the Khabour river in northeast
Bangladesh urges Nepali dams
10 Feb 99A predictable side-effect of the World Commission on Dams’ (WCD) first public hearing in December 1998 has been to renew
Pakistan and India discuss barrage
10 Feb 99Senior Pakistani and Indian officials met in New Delhi recently to discuss the Wuller Barrage issue. A joint statement said
Penstocks for Ghazi Barotha
10 Feb 99Austrian va-tech Voest says it is playing an active role in the development of hydro power in Pakistan; with a
Nathpa Jhakiri update
10 Feb 99Reports on India’s 1500MW Nathpa Jhakiri project on the Satluj river say the project is over 30 months behind schedule
Four consortia receive EPC tender requests for Shrinagar
10 Feb 99Duncans North Hydro Power Company (DNHP) has selected four qualified companies to receive the request for tenders for the engineering,
Dam owner and Indian tribe reach settlement over fish
10 Feb 99US-based Avista Corp, formerly known as Washington Water Power, and the Nez Perce tribe have announced an agreement resolving the