E.ON intends to considerably enlarge the capacity of Waldeck pumped-storage hydroelectric station on Lake Eder in the federal state of Hesse in central Germany. E.ON will begin building a new 300 megawatt pumped-storage plant next to the existing Waldeck 2 facility in 2012. E.ON is one of Germany and Europe’s biggest hydro operators, with 212 facilities in four countries and total installed hydro capacity of nearly 6.2 gigawatts.

Nicaragua Initial works of the 220-MW Tumarin hydropower project in Nicaragua could begin in the next couple of months, according to officials from developer Centrales Hidroelectricas de Centroamerica.