Egypt has decided to abandon the Qattara Depression project, a century-old proposal to generate electricity by flooding a desert basin with Mediterranean seawater. A government review found the scheme economically unviable and environmentally risky, favoring modern solar and wind alternatives.
A suspected methane gas explosion caused a tunnel collapse at a hydropower project in Sikkim, India, killing at least 11 people and leaving 14 missing. Rescue operations are ongoing amid hazardous conditions.
A fracture in the Earth's crust in the eastern Himalayas poses a significant threat to a major hydropower project's infrastructure. Scientists urge engineers to enhance slope stability and implement protective measures against landslides and collapses due to the active Paizhen Fault.
Great Britain's energy regulator has provisionally approved three new major hydropower projects, the first in over 40 years, to be built in Scotland. These projects, alongside other energy storage solutions, aim to reduce reliance on energy imports and volatile fossil fuel markets.
Ofgem has provisionally approved 16 long-duration electricity storage projects, including three new pumped storage hydropower facilities in Northern Scotland, marking the first such projects in Great Britain in over 40 years, aiming to reduce reliance on energy imports.
Construction of a US$1 billion Chinese-invested hydropower station has begun in Cambodia to facilitate the Southeast Asian country’s use of renewable energy as the fallout from the Iran war constricts developing countries’ access to traditional fuel supplies. Work on the Upper Tatay pumped-storage hydropower project in the hilly southwestern province of Koh Kong started on April 10, Xinhua reported, describing it as a future “green power bank” for Cambodia’s national grid. It said the project...
