NAES Corp. announced that Kodiak Electric Association contracted its subsidiary, NAES Power Contractors Inc., for the installation and commissioning of an 11.25 MW vertical Pelton Turbine and Generator Unit.

Voith completed its acquisition of Vortex Hydrosystemes Inc., which offers auxiliary mechanical systems, specialized hydropower products and consulting services.

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013, which would give a boost to small hydro and conduit power projects and streamline the licensing process through FERC.

The EIA expects power generated from natural gas to decrease over the next two years as the power generated from coal increases over the same time.

The Electric Power Research Institute has determined that undeveloped hydrokinetic resources in U.S. rivers could provide 3 percent of the nation’s annual demand for electricity.

PennWell Corp. and the National Hydropower Association (NHA) announced a collaborative partnership.

We Energies is planning to spend around $64 million to build a new powerhouse at the Twin Falls hydroelectric power plant that borders Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula.

PennWell Corporation announced today that Furnas will be the Host Utility for HydroVision Brasil, DistribuTECH Brasil and POWER-GEN Brasil to be jointly held September 24-26, 2013 at the Transamerica Expo Center in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Wind energy beat out natural gas as the most installed energy source by capacity in the U.S. in 2012.

A trio of Canadian hydropower projects have been granted Environmental Assessment Certificates by the British Columbia government.

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into an agreement to sell all of its equity interests in White Pine Hydro Investments, LLC, which indirectly owns 351 MW of hydro generation

According to the latest "Energy Infrastructure Update" report from FERC's Office of Energy Projects, renewable energy sources – biomass, geothermal, solar, water and wind – accounted for 41.14 percent of new electrical generating capacity installed in October 2012, and 46.22 percent for the first ten months of 2012.

Power Engineering’s Lindsay Morris hosted this year’s Renewable Energy Executive Roundtable with five executives in the clean energy sector.

The Tennessee Valley Authority said the closure of some coal-fired units in Tennessee and Alabama will be delayed due to major repairs at its Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Facility.

The editors of Hydro Review and HRW-Hydro Review Worldwide magazines are pleased to announce several new tools now available online at HydroWorld.com.

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. and its institutional partners have completed the acquisition of a 378 MW hydroelectric portfolio from Alcoa Power Generating Inc.

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) released a report on the available renewable energy resources available by state.

Aecom Technology Corp. said that a joint venture it is part of was awarded a five-year, $109 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to perform base operations support at the Rock Island Arsenal as well as six other locations in Illinois and Iowa.

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth around €170 million ($216.3 million) by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) to supply eight turbines and generators units for the 2,400 MW Ituango hydropower plant in Colombia.