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Cover Story Fortum’s modernization of the Untra
hydropower plant exemplifies the drive to update century-old infrastructure for increased efficiency
5 World News
China completes world’s largest pumped storage hydropower
plant; first unit of CPEC’s Suki Kinari hydropower project connected to grid
features 16 18 22 35 10 Spotlight
The Teesta Dam failure of 2023 serves as a crucial case study, highlighting the role of hydro-mechanical equipment in preventing disasters
Classified
44 46
Contacts
36
Cybersecurity 12
Securing the future Advanced tools for risk assessment and investment
Small hydro
14 Hydropower dilemmas Challenges and solutions in Ghana and Norway
40 16
Small hydro: powering local energy solutions
Projects demonstrating the power and potential of small- scale hydro
Europe 42
18 Waking a sleeping giant Recommendations to enable more efficient and expedited hydro development
20 Working to resolve hydro’s challenges
Insight into the research being undertaken at HydroCen
22
Deeds not words The UK government is being urged to boost energy storage
24 Transforming Europe’s hydropower legacy
Historic hydropower plants meet today’s energy needs
26
Penning hydro’s future The Pan-European Network for Sustainable Hydropower
Civil works 28
35
MWI Pumps powers safe dam removal
Safely redirecting water during the dam decommissioning
Developments at existing sites 36
39 Waste-powered hydro
Driving innovation in infrastructure
AI and geospatial solutions for dam monitoring and 3D earth modelling
30 Taking a civil approach
Insight into dam removal costs 32
Global hydropower projects advance resilience
Ambitious hydropower projects reshaping energy futures
UK's first mid-process hydro scheme completed
40
New life for old mines Repurposing mine sites as pumped storage projects
Hydraulic machinery 42
Building Borumba Major works packages awarded for the Borumba PS project
3D printing boosts US manufacturing
Details on the Rapid RUNNERS, program from ORNL
Next issue Pumped storage potential and opportunities; developments in digitalization; tools for condition monitoring of dams and hydro plants; wave & tidal power @waterpowermag
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