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French hydropower output fell 23.4% yr-on-yr in May due to low rainfall -RTE
French hydropower generation tumbled 23.4 percent year on year to 5.6 terawatt hour in May due to lower rainfall compared with the same month a year ago, French power grid operator RTE said on Tuesday.
read more... 03/07/2019
Montenegro's EPCG to sign 33 mln euro loan deal with KfW
Montenegrin power utility Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) plans to sign a 33 million euro ($37.4 million) loan with German development bank KfW to finance the overhaul of its 307 MW hydropower plant (HPP) Perucica, a company official said.
read more... 05/03/2019
Spain's power 40% renewable in 2018
The share of renewables in power generation in peninsular Spain this year is estimated at 40%, up from 33.7% in 2017, thanks to wind farms and increased output from hydropower plants (HPPs).
read more... 28/12/2018
Non-hydro renewables to account for 48.6% of Spain’s power in 2030
About 48.6% of Spain’s installed power generation capacity in 2030 is expected to come from non-hydropower renewable energy sources, according to GlobalData.
read more... 23/08/2018
Iberdrola gets EU loan for 1.2 GW hydropower in Portugal
The European Investment Bank will provide a EUR 650m loan to Spanish utility Iberdrola to support a three-dam hydropower project in Portugal, totalling 1,158 MW in capacity that will be operational in 2023, according to a statement on Monday.
read more... 24/07/2018