When needed, surge tanks can provide a critical feature to the hydraulic design of hydropower projects. Principally, they can mitigate the overpressure effects of pressure transients or water hammer and…

Owner/operator: Korea South East Power Co., Ltd. Few people would view a large coal plant as a place to generate renewable energy. But a Korean utility took a chance on…

by Sonal Patel

Legal battles to stall the 11-GW Belo Monte hydroelectric dam—being built on the Xingu River in the Amazon forest for one of the world’s largest power plants—are raging on in…