Sentence examples for that hydropower from inspiring English sources

Nobre told the Guardian that hydropower expansion was a grave mistake.

It was assumed that hydropower, by substituting for burning fossil fuels, would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

"Past experience has also taught that hydropower development will not necessarily improve local social and economic conditions," the authors wrote.

Still, many environmentalists reject the government's assertion that hydropower is "green energy," noting that reservoirs created by dams swallow vast amounts of forest and field.

They acknowledge that hydropower is low-carbon, but worry that reservoirs in tropical regions can release large amounts of methane, a much more powerful greenhouse gas.In the 20th century thousands of dams were built around the world.

Western financial institutions have ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into building dams in the region, arguing that hydropower is a green energy source that offers poor countries a way out of energy insecurity.

A few try mini-power stations that use hydropower or burn rice husks or methane from cow dung.

There have been some big transactions with companies that generate hydropower, which requires consistent snow and rain.

That would bring wind power up to about 5percentt of the state's total generating capacity, half that of hydropower.

In 2013 the National Assembly reported that 268 hydropower projects were up and running, with a further 205 projects expected to be generating by 2017.

Add to those factors sharply rising prices for natural gas and a shortfall in precipitation that feeds hydropower and you have the ingredients for escalating electricity costs.