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A mild winter played a helping hand in the upgrading of the Gigerwald outlet project in Switzerland, The project was completed on schedule
5 World News
Brookfield and Google sign world’s largest hydropower framework
agreement; China begins construction of world’s largest hydropower project
features 14 16 22 24 10 Spotlight
Agilitas Energy, the Boston-based renewable energy developer, is
expanding into hydropower with two projects in the PJM region
Classified
40 42
Contacts
28
People 8
People on the move Recent appointments
Central & South America 12
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More than the sum of its parts Manoel Monteiro of Tigo Energy explains how floating solar is supplementing hydroelectric generation in Brazil.
14 The future looks bright
The growing relationship between solar and hydropower is being embraced across Central and South America
16 34
Still playing a vital role Dealing with drought, modernising existing facilities, and new construction are just some of the issues facing the hydro sector across Central and South America
Dam safety 20
Rethinking dam breach analysis
Exploring why probabilistic analysis offers a smarter, safer path forward for dam safety
22
Learning from the Libyan tragedy
Workshop assesses the Libyan dam failures which occurred after a catastrophic storm
Monitoring systems 24
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Company spotlight 31
Powering hydro’s future together
Focus on Preformed Windings
Civil works 32
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Smarter streamflow with AI
Spotlight on Upstream Tech's HydroForecast Seasonal-3
Digitally transforming hydropower condition monitoring
How hybrid condition monitoring solutions can play a role in optimising limited resources in the hydropower industry
Damming in harsh climates
Insights into building in cold and mountainous environments
Re-planting Welsh power plants
Investment in two Welsh pumped storage plants
Environment 36
Nature-powered innovation
Developing biomimetic hydrokinetic generators
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A paradigm shift The relationship between hydro and downstream flood risk
Next issue Focus on North America; underground construction; lessons learned from large
dams; wave and tidal power developments; advances in dam safety technology @waterpowermag
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