Even though hydro power plants can work for over 50 years, renovation of machinery (especially turbines) needs to be done after 25-30 years and this renovation cost could be as high as 50% of the initial capex

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The maximum plant load factor that can be achieved in a large hydro plant is about 0.65...very difficult to go beyond that...

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Alstom-led group wins %u20AC285m contract to build Indian hydro power plant

French energy company Alstom and India-based builders Hindustan Construction Company have won a %u20AC285m contract to install a 1000MW variable speed pumped storage hydro power plant in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/investor-news/renewable-energy-news/by-technology/water/alstom-led-group-win-e285m-contract-to-build-indian-hydro-power-plant.html

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Bulgaria to revive Danube hydro-power projects - The Bulgarian government decided on Thursday to revive communist era projects to build several hydro-power plants with Romania on the river Danube with total capacity of over 1,000 megawatts. - http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE48O5LQ20080925

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Hydropower 90% of all renewable power generation - Today, hydropower dams account for 90% of all renewable power generation, -

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Negative impacts of hydroelectricity - Hydroelectric power can have negative impacts on fish and wildlife; possible inundation of surrounding land; changes in water quality and downstream flow -

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Tidal energy power facility - Tidal energy power facility resembles a hydroelectric dam, built across an estuary. At high tide, water flows freely into the estuary, but when the tide turns, the water can flow out only through a hydroelectric turbine -

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Micro dams and micro hydro turbines - Living in Vancouver with a very UK climate I know wind turbines would be wasted, same goes for the solar. What we have in abundance is rain and lots of rain. The most viable small scale clean energy option for someone in BC would be a micro hydro turbine or dam - a comment for a news article on the unsuitability of small wind turbines for many places - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/small-scale-wind-turbine-power-output-claims-overstated.php

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Considerable growth in Indian hydro-power - India will see considerable growth in hydropower, with plans for 143 projects totally 20 GW of generation capacity. - http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/09/03/top-five-prime-nations-for-renewable-energy-investment/

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Hydropower and geothermal employment - # employed in hydropower - 40 K and in geothermal - 25 K worldwide data (2006?) -

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India small hydro installed capacity - Small Hydro

Installed Capacity: 1603MW
Estimated Capacity factor: 50% -

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India hydro energy potential and what is achieved - India has a hydropower potential of 150,000 megawatt and is ranked fifth in the world. With the focus of India?s hydroelectric policy on the eastern rivers, the country has developed hydroelectric projects of about 12,500 MW, or almost 80 percent of the total potential of the eastern rivers basin. (In contrast, the Brahmaputra Basin, which has the potential of 66,000 MW, has remained relatively untapped because of India?s priority to the harnessing of its western rivers.) - http://www.eai.in/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=603

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India North-east Has High Hydro-power Potential - The North East has a hydropower generation potential of about 58,000MW . Of the seven northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh alone has a potential of 50,328MW?the highest in the country, according to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) the country?s apex power sector planning body. - http://www.eai.in/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=612

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Hydroelectric least cost`energy source in China - Hydropower is the least cost source of power in China, it cost only about 3 cents per KWh in 1997. - http://www.slideshare.net/nitsingh/india-china-1330845

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China hydroelectric potential of 670 GW - China has a total hydroelectric potential of 670 GW, of which 380 GW is suitable for exploitation. Eqvt of 1900 TWh per year - http://www.slideshare.net/nitsingh/india-china-1330845

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RE potential in India - 45 GW in wind, 15 GW in small hydro, 20 GW in biomass -

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China a large user of hydropower - China is also the world's largest user of hydropower. In 2008, China installed wind power capacity of 6.3 million kilowatts, second only to the 8.38 million kilowatts in the United States. - http://www.bjreview.com.cn/exclusive/txt/2009-03/25/content_187605.htm

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Great resource for Indian hydro energy esp SHP - A great data resource for india small hydro projects - http://www.iitr.ac.in/departments/AH/uploads/File/hshs/Presentations/Links/Technical%20Papers/Overvi

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China undisputed leader in hydro power - China is an undisputed leader in the hydropower sector with total cumulative capacity of 146 GW at the end of 2008 - http://www.prlog.org/10198289-asia-pacific-hydro-power-market-analysis-and-forecasts-to-2013.html

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Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project - Three Gorges dam; the world?s largest hydropower dam is under construction in the country. - http://www.prlog.org/10198289-asia-pacific-hydro-power-market-analysis-and-forecasts-to-2013.html

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