Sentence examples for hydroelectric development from inspiring English sources

"Agreeing to hydroelectric development was very difficult for me," achnowledged the Cree grand chief, Ted Moses.

He negotiated a 1964 treaty with Canada for joint hydroelectric development of the Columbia River.

Irrigation and hydroelectric development are limited because most rivers dry up during the summer.

A hydroelectric development provides power for mining and for the entire lakehead region.

Much of Reichenbach's beauty has been marred by a hydroelectric development.

Hydroelectric development in the mountains began near the city of Toyama during the early 1900s.

Power for sawmilling and plywood and paper manufacturing is provided by hydroelectric developments to the north and by oil and natural gas pipelines from Alberta.

Hydroelectric developments along the St. John River system were supplemented by coal- and oil-fired steam-generating units and by the construction of a nuclear power station at Point Lepreau, southwest of Saint John.

Since the latter part of the 20th century, mining, oil exploration and pipeline construction, and mammoth hydroelectric developments have greatly affected their traditional way of living off the land.

The region is well endowed with mineral resources, woodlands and potential hydroelectric developments, but it lacks the roads, railways, ports, communications links and other infrastructure necessary for their exploitation.

There are 151 proposals pending in the Amazon for large (> 2 MW) hydroelectric developments that would fragment habitat, and reports suggest that Inia is experiencing illegal killing for fish bait.