Technology installed at a Scottish Water reservoir is converting water-power into electricity, saving the equivalent of 93 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – and is enough to power approximately 100 homes annually.

A community-owned 50kW Archimedes screw hydroelectric turbine has been installed on the River Esk at Ruswarp, near Whitby, North Yorkshire to generate electricity for local residents.

Glasgow City Council is looking for suppliers to come up with a one off innovative hydro-electric solution for a scheme at its Pollok Country Park.

GE Renewable Energy has been awarded a contract by a Latin American consortium to supply three bulb turbine-generators for the Chicoasén II Hydroelectric Power Plant project in Mexico for the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) who will operate the power plant.

Shrewsbury Hydro Limited has applied to the Environment Agency for a full licence to abstract water from the River Severn at Castlefields Weir, Shrewsbury.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has acquired a minority equity stake in and provided a $280 million loan facility to Indonesian independent power producer PT Bajradaya Sentranusa (BDSN).

A Bechtel-led team, BBE Hydro Constructors Limited Partnership, has been awarded a contract worth approximately CAN $1.4 billion (£758m) by Manitoba Hydro to build the Keeyask Generating Station on the lower Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada.

Highland councillors have given their support to a proposed new £800 million hydroelectric scheme on the banks of Loch Lochy in Scotland.

Plans have been unveiled by the National Trust for a hydroelectric power scheme in Snowdonia to provide energy to its Welsh properties.

Northumbrian Water has announced plans to build new hydroelectric station in the Tees Valley at Selset in partnership with RWE npower renewables.