The Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on draft legislation that would improve the regulatory framework for hydropower development earlier this week.

Appeals by environmental groups have stymied construction of Chile's 640 MW Cuervo hydroelectric plant less than a week after work on the project appeared imminent.

Brazil-based CPFL Energia plans to spend 8.3 billion reais ($4.17 billion) on new power projects over the next five years.

Costa Rica’s state power company ICE plans to invest $9 billion in the nation’s power sector over the next 12 years.

Brazil’s hydroelectric power grid is expected to receive $56 billion in new investments by 2022.

Minerco Resources, Inc., a developer of renewable energy in Latin America, has released a business update for its Sayab Wind Project and Iscan Hydro-Electric Project in Honduras.

El Salvador could see the addition of 689 MW of renewable generating capacity through 2026 according to a renewables development master plan.

The Environmental Evaluation Commission of Chile gave the green light to a $733 million, 640 MW Cuervo hydroelectric power plant unit in the country.

Alstom has been awarded a hydro rehabilitation contract worth approximately $30 million by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).

A Brazilian court has ruled that a work stoppage on the country's 11,200 MW Belo Monte hydroelectric project is illegal.

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) on April 29 and April 30 ordered wind farms in the Pacific Northwest to cut production because of a surplus of power from hydroelectric dams.

Rurelec PLC, the electricity utility that owns and operates power generation capacity in Latin America, has announced a total of $600 million investment in the hydro industry in Peru.

Voith Hydro said it has received a contract to provide generators and turbines for the Red Rock Hydroelectric Project (RRHP) on the Des Moines River near Pella, Iowa

Panama plans to increase installed capacity of hydroelectric power generation by 720 MW with 30 new hydropower plants.

The U.S. Department of Interior has identified 373 existing Bureau of Reclamation canals and conduits with the combined potential to generate an additional 365,219 MWh of hydroelectric power annually.

Brazil-based Eletrobras said it is looking into building a 1,500 MW hydropower plant and two transmission lines in Mozambique, Africa.

Green Planet Group Inc. has completed the first round of financing for its $1.2 billion, 800 MW Pump Storage hydroelectric Project in Arizona.

AES Gener has submitted a financing request to the Inter-American Development Bank for the 531 MW Alto Maipo hydroelectric plant in Chile.

A federal judge in Brazil on March 30 suspended the construction license of the Teles Pires hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, citing violations of the rights of the Kayabi, Apiaká and Mundurucu indigenous peoples.