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Countries like Sweden and Norway also don't want to build out any new hydro infrastructure at this point -- hydroelectric dams have a considerable ecological im
by atombender 8y ago
Countries like Sweden and Norway also don't want to build out any new hydro infrastructure at this point -- hydroelectric dams have a considerable ecological impact, something rarely mentioned when renewables are discussed. These countries are famous for their hydropower today, but some of these projects met with considerable protests at the time they were built (such as the Alta-Kautokeino waterway [1] in 1979-1981).
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0016718583900179 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0016718583...
- jabl 8y agoIn most developed countries hydro is more or less fully exploited already. It provides a lot of low-C dispatchable electricity, which is incredibly valuable, but there isn't much potential to increase it. So it isn't by itself a solution to how to decarbonize the world economy.