For many years new hydropower dams were assumed to be zero greenhouse gas emitters. Now with 847 large (more than 100 MW) and 2,853 smaller … Global hydropower boom will add to climate changeRead more
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Victory for indigenous resistance in Guatemala
After years of protests by indigenous communities, the Spanish company Ecoener-Hidralia has finally abandoned the project to build a hydroelectric dam on the Cambalan indigenous … Victory for indigenous resistance in GuatemalaRead more
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Hydropower Dams Threaten Catastrophe
If an earthquake topples such a dam, that would unleash a massive torrent of water and rubble, taking out scores of villages downstream. It would … Hydropower Dams Threaten CatastropheRead more
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Reservoirs May Produce 20 Times More Methane Than Normal During Water ‘Drawdown’
Typically, at moderate sizes, power generated by dams and reservoirs is considered “green.” However, a new study from Washington State University has found that during … Reservoirs May Produce 20 Times More Methane Than Normal During Water ‘Drawdown’Read more
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California’s Hydropower Is Drying Up
California’s ability to produce renewable energy from hydroelectric dams has been significantly hampered over the last few years because of an increasingly severe and widespread … California’s Hydropower Is Drying UpRead more
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VIVACE: Renewable Energy from Slow Water Currents
Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that … VIVACE: Renewable Energy from Slow Water CurrentsRead more
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Rebirth of 99-year-old hydroelectric plant
A device invented more than 2,000 years ago by Archimedes has found a 21st century use – generating ‘green’ electricity. A crumbling 99-year-old hydroelectric plant … Rebirth of 99-year-old hydroelectric plantRead more
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Piezoelectric Hydropower
For centuries humans have dammed rivers and streams to grind grain and later, generate electricity. Now a new, more subtle form of freshwater power is … Piezoelectric HydropowerRead more
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Submerged Ghana forest
Logging of a Ghanaian forest submerged 40 years ago by a hydroelectric dam could point to an underwater timber bonanza worth billions of dollars in … Submerged Ghana forestRead more
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1,000 MW Run-of-river hydroelectric power plant at Toba
Plutonic Power Corporation and GE Energy Financial Services have signed a memorandum of understanding to partner on a bid to develop approximately 1,000 megawatts (MW) … 1,000 MW Run-of-river hydroelectric power plant at TobaRead more