(Bloomberg, 13.Aug.2024) — Brazil has emerged as the latest contender for global liquefied natural gas supplies as dry weather threatens its vast hydropower production. South America’s most populous nation typically depends on hydroelectricity for the majority of its power needs but turns to gas when water levels plunge. An expected […]
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Dujiangyan: Changes and Constants in 2279
(The Sichuan Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Development Center, 7.Dec.2023) — As 2023 comes to a close, international students from countries such as France, Canada, Colombia are gearing up to visit Dujiangyan to experience its hydraulic culture. Now 2279 years old, known as the “originator of world hydraulic culture,” Dujiangyan reveals its changes and constants to visitors […]
Web Influencers Visit Yangtze River Ecological Conservation
(Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute, 2.Sep.2022) — Recently, the ambassadors to China from Brazil, Georgia, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as online influencers and journalists from foreign media organizations, visited the Yangtze River Rare Fish Conservation Center (Chinese Sturgeon Research Institute) and the Yangtze River Rare Plant Research Institute in […]
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Hope For Nile Dam Deal In Weeks
(Reuters, 27.Jun.2020) — Leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt said they were hopeful that the African Union (AU) could help them broker a deal to end a decade-long dispute over water supplies within two or three weeks. Ethiopia, whose Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is worrying its downstream neighbours Egypt […]
Bolivia’s ENDE Suspends Rositas Hydroelectric Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 3.Oct.2018) — Bolivia’s National Electricity Company (ENDE) has temporarily suspended the Rositas hydroelectric project. Delegates from affected communities and two elected authorities from Vallegrande said there have been failures related to the project since the beginning, reported Bolivia’s daily newspaper La Razón. Work related to […]
El Niño Pulling Down Venezuela’s Water Reserves
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 1.Apr.2016) – Venezuela, which relies on hydroelectric energy to generate 62 percent of its electricity, could be overcome by power outages in coming months as water levels at many of its dams, including the large Guri, are at dangerously low levels. Water levels at Guri […]