The CCGT capacity factor rose from 40% in 2008 to 57% in 2022. Increased efficiency improved competitiveness of newer CCGT units against other fuel sources.

Africa made notable progress in hydropower development in 2024, adding over 4.5 GW of new capacity, more than double the 2 GW installed in 2023, according to the International Hydropower Association ...

Aboitiz Power and other Philippine energy companies are bulking up on clean energy assets amid a push by government to ...

Hydropower plants offer a range of services to the grid that includes balancing and ancillary services, while also enjoying a high capacity factor relative to some other renewable energy sources.

The first hydropower plant with a generating capacity of one million kWh in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, the Suwalong Hydropower Station, entered operations on Tuesday, providing ...

Iran's power capacity will increase by 44 percent after a 2,000-mw hydropower plant that is to be built beside Karoun 3 dam is completed in the near future, managing director of Water and Power ...

More than 60% of Africa's hydropower capacity came from plants more than 20 years old that need upgrades as longer-term projects were pursued, he added.

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) plans to increase the capacity of its major hydropower plants from the current 825.69 megawatts, (MW) ahead of negotiation of a new power purchase ...