Ukrhydroenergo expects a €21 million EIB tranche announced at Energy Ramstein on 17 September 2026 to fund urgent hydropower repairs and upgrades.

NECEC outage left New England short of contracted Quebec hydropower, prompting utilities’ $40 million suit and Hydro‑Québec’s $50 million counterclaim.

Judge Michael Simon ordered BPA to increase spill at eight Columbia and Snake River dams to aid migrating salmon; BPA owns about 75% of region’s grid.

ANDRITZ will supply electromechanical equipment to modernise Râul Mare Retezat, raising capacity from 335 MW to 376 MW; completion is expected by 2031.

ORNL and INL find 4 GW of untapped hydropower at more than 2,600 non-powered dams, enough for 15.2 TWh/year and about 1.4 million homes; datasets released.

NECEC outages set off dueling federal suits as Massachusetts utilities seek $40 million and Hydro‑Quebec demands $50 million over winter deliveries.

Dairyland’s 20 MW Flambeau Hydroelectric Station is offline after flows fell to an estimated 270 CFS, below the roughly 400 CFS needed for safe generation.

A record El Nino threatens Southeast Asia hydropower and could force a fossil-fuel fallback in early 2027 unless ASEAN scales solar, wind and storage.

Nepal hydropower tunnel rescue: Two workers were pulled alive from the Upper Trishuli 3A tunnel after the 26 August collapse that killed at least 1,308.

More than 300 workers and residents were rescued from a Rasuwa hydropower tunnel by the Nepali Army; over 100 people remain trapped after flooding.