Hydroelectric

May 07, 2008 -- Montpelier, Vermont – The State of Vermont announced today that the Department of Public Service (DPS) will award $2.28 million from the Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF) for projects throughout the state. The goal of the CEDF is to increase the development and deployment of combined heat and power (CHP) technologies and renewable energy generation.

A hydroelectric facility in Winooski, Vermont: Photo by Peter Wadsworth (CC)    » read more »

Assess Damage & Plan to Recover Hydro

April 22, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today announced multiple state agencies are working closely with Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) to assess the damage and develop a plan to recover hydropower in Juneau.

Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration are traveling to Juneau to analyze the situation. Members of the governor’s disaster policy cabinet will meet on Wednesday to discuss declaring a state disaster.    » read more »

Will Create 173 New Jobs

October 31, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced the allocation of low-cost hydropower that will help create 173 new jobs and $18.5 million in capital investments by four companies in Niagara and Erie Counties    » read more »

12 October 2007 -- China's state media report the environmental impact of the Three Gorges Dam project may force four million more people to relocate from the area.

Friday's reports say residents near the dam will be encouraged to move to the outskirts of the nearby city of Chongqing in southwestern China. Nearly 1.5 million people have already been displaced to make way for the world's biggest hydroelectric project.

The reports quote Chongqing's Vice Mayor Yu Yuanmu as saying the reservoir area near the dam has a vulnerable environment that is threatened by overpopulation.    » read more »

Oct. 3, 2007 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter today pledged continued involvement by multiple state agencies following the tragic deaths of five workers at the Cabin Creek hydro-electric facility, and vowed a thorough and competent state investigation to determine what caused the fatalities.    » read more »

Will Create 58 New Jobs

September 26, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that the state will provide low-cost hydropower to two businesses in Tonawanda and Lewiston, which will create 58 new jobs.    » read more »

August 20, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced today his approval of low-cost hydropower contracts with Western New York municipal entities, the Tuscarora Nation, and Niagara University, stemming from recent settlement agreements for the re-licensing of the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Niagara Power Project.    » read more »