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Ecuador power company discovers more problems at Chinese-built plant Ecuador's power company CELEC has found new problems at its Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant that threaten water flow and electricity generation, the company's chief executive said, the latest issue at the facility built by China's Sinohydro Corp. The findings come after CELEC in May requested arbitration through the International Chamber of Commerce to settle a dispute over cracks in the 1,500-megawatt plant's machinery that have prevented it from operating at full capacity since it was completed in 2016, after $2.2...

China is the biggest foreign investor in Amazon hydropower, but Canadian companies have the most shares across environmentally risky sectors, new data shows

China is biggest foreign investor in Amazon hydropower, but Canadian companies have most shares across main environmentally risky sectors

. . 26 April 2021 (openDemocracy)* — On 7 April 2020 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Napo and Coca rivers flowed dark with oil and fuel. The spill, caused by three ruptured pipelines, triggered the worst environmental disaster to hit Ecuador in the past 15 years. Some 15,000 gallons of oil and fuel spilled into the rivers, affecting 35,000 people directly and more than 120,000 indirectly, many of them Kichwa Indigenous people from 105 communities. “We can see oil coming down the riverbed, help us report what is happening,” Olger Gallo, president of the Kichwa community of Panduyaku, told ...

On April 7, 2020 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Napo and Coca rivers turned dark with oil and fuel from three ruptured pipelines, producing the worst environmental disaster of the last 15 years. More than 15,000 gallons (almost 57,000 liters) spilled into the rivers, affecting 35,000 people directly and more than 120,000 indirectly, many of them Kichwa indigenous people from 105 communities. I contacted Olger Gallo, president of the Kichwa community of Panduyaku. “We see oil coming down the riverbed, help us report what is happening,” he said. “The young people went out fishing ...