Hydro-Quebec said it will pay CAD3.2bn to buy most of debt-laden New Brunswick Power’s generating facilities in an agreement that excludes the latter’s transmission and distribution assets. First announced in October and followed by public criticism, the new acquisition price is scaled back from CAD4.75bn. Hydro-Quebec will purchase the bulk of NB Power’s generating assets …
French engineering group Alstom Holdings has won EU regulatory approval for its plan to acquire sole control of a hydropower venture controlled jointly with Bouygues SA. With the deal Bouygues exercises its option to sell its 50 per cent stake in Alstom Hydro Power in exchange for 4.4m shares in Alstom, adding a further 1.5 …
The Gilgel Gibe II Hydro Power Project in Ethiopia was inaugurated in the presence of top government officials. Gilgel Gibe II is located on the Omo river, 250km south of Addis Ababa in Yem Special Woreda. The project is the country’s largest hydro power plant with four units that have a total generating capacity of …
China Huadian Corp, one of China’s largest state-owned power companies, will build a US$558m hydropower plant in Cambodia’s southwest province, according to Cambodia’s Deputy Minister for Industry, Mines and Energy Ith Praing. The Cambodian government approved China Huadian’s role in running the 30-year investment of the build-operate-transfer (BOT) project in Koh Kong province in the …
Kyrgyzstan says the first unit of its Kambarata 2 hydro power plant will be operations by May. The establishment of the first unit will simply the station’s second and third units, according to Albert Abazbekov, chairman of the state company Naryngidrostroi. Kambarata 2 is designed to produce 360MW annually and is located on the Naryn …
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