AtkinsRéalis Secures Contract to Refurbish Isle-Maligne Hydropower Plant - MRO Magazine

AtkinsRéalis secures contract to refurbish Isle-Maligne hydropower plant - MRO Magazine

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. has been awarded a seven-year contract by Rio Tinto for the refurbishment of the Isle-Maligne hydropower plant in Alma, Quebec. AtkinsRéalis will provide execution engineering, integrated procurement and construction management services to extend the hydropower plant’s operational life. “We’ve specialised in executing large-scale hydropower projects for over a century and the life extension work on this historic hydropowe…

Welsh pumped hydro station back from the dead

Pumped storage lifeline: ENGIE replanting secures low-carbon UK future

ENGIE and CDPQ to invest up to £1bn in UK pumped storage hydro assets

The preparation of a 10-year project of refurbishment at ENGIE’s Dinorwig pumped storage station has begun, following an 8-year refurbishment at Ffestiniog, enabling the delivery of clean energy whenever needed. These flexible generation assets, based in North Wales, are essential to the UK Government’s accelerated target of achieving a net zero carbon power grid by 2030. Together they help keep the national electricity system balanced, offering…

ENGIE ANZ COO retires - Utility Magazine

Former ENGIE ANZ Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Generation, Graeme York. Image: ENGIE After more than four decades in the energy sector, ENGIE ANZ Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Generation, Graeme York, has bid both ENGIE and the industry farewell.  Mr York began his career 1983 with the original State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC), and has since worked overseas in Europe, the US and south-east Asia. With the support of ENGIE, h…