Brookfield Asset Management, together with Brookfield Renewable and Google have announced a first-of-its-kind Hydro Framework Agreement to deliver up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free hydroelectric capacity across the United States – the world’s largest corporate clean power deal for hydroelectricity.

ENGIE UK, part of the France-headquartered ENGIE Group, and its Canadian investment partner CDPQ, are investing up to £1 billion in a refurbishment programme to extend the life of two pumped storage hydro assets in Wales.

East Lothian MSP Paul McLennan joined chief executive of Scottish Water Alex Plant and members of the project and delivery teams to officially switch on a £3 million innovative new hydro scheme.at its Whiteadder Reservoir this week.

Scottish Water has completed a groundbreaking hydropower project to harness energy from waste water in South Lanarkshire -the scheme at Hamilton Waste Water Treatment Works is the first of its kind in the UK.

After less than a year in his job, a Scottish Water apprentice has clinched both Scottish and UK top awards for his innovative work and presentation on using the natural flow of water to generate electricity.

Scottish Water has broken ground on a pioneering new type of hydro energy generation scheme at Whiteadder Reservoir, East Lothian as part of its work to reduce carbon emissions.

In 2022, more than 34 GW of new sustainable hydropower capacity was commissioned around the world, including over 10 GW of pumped storage - the first time since 2016 that more than 30 GW of new capacity has been brought online in a single year.

Northumbrian Water’s ongoing investment in renewables continues to take the company closer to its ambitious goal of achieving Net Zero in 2027 - carbon emissions have fallen more than 90% since 2008, when they stood at 303,000 tonnes.

Scottish Water Group increased its renewable energy by 12 per cent in the last year with a growing number of its water and waste water treatment works self-generating more than ever.

An upgrade of Scottish Water's Castle Moffat Water Treatment Works sees the plant generating more energy than it uses and exporting the surplus to the National Grid.