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EIB lends EUR 135m for Turkish hydro-power project
The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s long-term financing arm, is to lend EUR 135 million to support the construction of eight hydroelectric power plants in South East Turkey by Enerjisa Enerji Üretim A.Ş., a 50/50 joint venture between Haci Őmer Sabanci Holding A.Ş and Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts AG. The eight plants with an installed capacity of 955 megawatts (MW) are to be built along the Seyhan and Ceyhan rivers and comprise of run-the-river weirs as well as reservoir dam structures. They form part of a wider EUR 1.4 billion project to build 10 ... |
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Canada opens CAN$30m fund to clean popular vacation lake
The first few thousand dollars of a $30 million dollar Canadian government fund began flowing to help clean up excess nutrients in one of Ontario`s most beloved lake resort destinations. Excessive emissions of the nutrient phosphorus from both urban and farm sources have upset the ecosystem of Lake Simcoe in southern Ontario, creating wild aquatic plant growth, raising water temperatures, decreasing oxygen levels, and disrupting the lake`s famous coldwater fishery.
Federal officials announced that the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority will be receiving $6,500 from the federal government`s ... |
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