By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Hydropower is undoubtedly one of the ...

Despite admirable intentions of hydropower development projects, there is often a risk for negative environmental and social impacts. Because of the vital importance of water for ecosystems and ...

Restoring the unique ecosystem along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers is being hampered by controversial water management practices still taking place in protected areas, sometimes under the ...

Constructing a hydropower plant presents several challenges ... as the construction of dams and reservoirs can disrupt local ecosystems, affect water quality, and displace communities.

ensuring that the amount of water sufficient for the maintenance of the ecosystem is always directed into the side channels instead of hydropower plant turbines. Although this so-called biological ...

More than half a billion people in Africa have no electricity. Can a resurrected hydropower plant be part of the solution? German hydropower company Voith thinks so. In May 2012, alongside the ...