Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is considering building a new diesel-powered combustion turbine on the Avalon Peninsula, as the Crown corporation prepares for an expected surge in electricity demand.

It also states the Hatch analysis focused squarely on a new turbine for "emergency backup generation and load peaking." The report comes as Hydro's own projections show electricity demand may ...

An official with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro says there have been delays in efforts to bring a new $120-million combustion turbine online. The corporation had hoped to complete the turbine in ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Tanzania has switched on the first turbine of a new hydroelectric plant set to double power generation capacity but which has drawn stiff opposition from ...

The Crown corporation wants to build an eighth unit at the Bay d'Espoir hydroelectric dam — which Hydro has considered in the past — to add 150 megawatts to the grid. A new combustion turbine ...