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Tribune-Review file Water flows through the Emsworth Lock and Dam along the Ohio River in this file photo. A planned hydropower plant will supply the electricity used in Allegheny County buildings, the county announced Thursday.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The power used by the Allegheny County Courthouse, jail and other government buildings will be generated by hydroelectric energy harnessed from the Emsworth Lock and Dam, county Executive Rich Fitzgerald said Thursday. Fitzgerald was joined by Pau...

When the hydropower and solar power facilities are operational, together they will meet about 40 percent of the Pittsburgh campus energy needs. “This is a landmark day for our county,” he said. “This announcement renews our commitment to the environment, our commitment to addressing climate change and is an investment in our future generations.” Construction of the privately-funded $50 million facility at the Emsworth Locks and Dam is expected to begin later this year, creating 150-200 construction jobs, said Rye CEO Paul Jacob. Two full-time workers will be needed to staff the pl...

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announces commitment to locally-generated renewable energy Share Updated: 4:31 PM EST Jan 28, 2021 WTAE Share Updated: 4:31 PM EST Jan 28, 2021 County Executive Rich Fitzgerald announced an investment by Allegheny County in locally-generated clean energy Thursday afternoon. The county has entered into a 35-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Rye Development to purchase renewable energy generated by a 17.8 MW low-impact hydropower facility Rye will construct on the Ohio River.For each year that the agreement ...

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Monday, November 2, 2020 Representatives from both the hydropower industry and environmental conservation associations recently issued a Joint Statement of Collaboration on U.S. Hydropower (“Joint Statement”). The Joint Statement was the product of dialog that began in 2018, convened by Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, and the Energy Futures Initiative. The Joint Statement suggests that, after the decades of strife between the two sides over the environmental impacts of hydropower development, hydr...