Wikipedia (2009 data)
REN21, IEA (2015 Data)
Ecuador’s (& Neighbors') Rivers Run Dry and the Lights Go Out 1224.rtf
Climate-Driven Water Impacts in US West to Raise Cost of Decarbonizing Grid 1124.rtf
Why Hydropower Is Failing This Nation — and Could Fail Others 1124.rtf
Drought Parches World’s Largest Man-Made Lake, Stripping Zambia’s Electricity 1024.rtf
Climate Change-Related Droughts Dent Progress on Energy Emissions 1023.rtf - Hyropower output falls during droughts. The demand gap is filled too often by fossil fuels. These have their own problems, since cooling water is usually hotter druing a drought. The output of thermal power plants is based on the difference between combustion termperature and cooling (water) temperature. Warmer cooling water makes the thermal power plant less efficient at producing electricity.
Click for moreHydropower Reservoirs, Once Called Clean Energy, Are ‘Giant Methane Factories’ 0723.rtf - Vegetation submerged by dams rots, without oxygen.
Big Power Shortfall Looms After Quebec Wooed US With Cheap Hydro 0423.rtf
As Projects Decline, the Era of Building Big Dams Draws to a Close 0423.rtf
US Hydropower Eyes Bigger Energy Role, Less Environmental Harm 0322.rtf
What US Western Drought Reveals about Hydropower 0922.rtf
Hydropower Could Help Poorer Nations Decarbonize, with Little Environmental Impact 0123.rtf
Low Water Levels Have Created an Energy Crisis at Africa’s’s Largest Dam 0123.rtf
Europe’s Energy Risks Go Beyond Gas 1122.rtf - Unprecedented heat and drought spurred on by climate change and 3 straight years of La Niña also became a major setback for hydroelectric power. Rivers in southern Europe reached record lows. The lack of hydro and nuclear power was a real problem amid the gas crisis, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. If these 2 sources were at the normal level, then Europe probably would not have needed so much gas.
Europe is warming around twice as fast as the rest of the world. The glaciers that help store and release meltwater are diminishing quickly, and hot, dry summers like this year’s could become more common.... Global warming would lead to decreased annual stream flows in Southern Europe by the end of the century, affecting hydroelectric power, but suggested Northern Europe would see increased flows.
In 2017, wind surpassed hydroelectricity as the largest renewable source of power for the European Union.
The World’s Biggest Source of Clean Energy Is Evaporating Fast 1022.rtf
Will the West’s Top Renewable Power Source, Water Power, Survive the Drought? 1022.rtf
What the Western Drought Reveals about Hydropower 0922.rtf
Climate Crisis Forces China to Ration Electricity 0822.rtf
China Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Hydropower Shortage 0822.rtf
World Energy Crisis Would Be Worse without China’s Rainy Season 0722.rtf
Mega-Drought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer 0422.rtf
Hydropower Eyes Bigger Energy Role, Less Environmental Harm 0322.rtf
China Is Facing Its Worst Power Shortage in a Decade, a Whole-World Problem 0621.rtf - Drought has cut hydropower deeply.
Cheap Wind Power Is Making Quebec's Big, Old Dams More Valuable as a Battery 0221.rtf
Solar-Hydro Projects Could Power 40% of World 1020.rtf
China’s Era of Mega-Dams Is Ending as Solar and Wind Power Rise 0720.rtf
As Yukon Snowpack Hits Near-Historic Low, Yukon Energy Looks beyond Hydro 0420.rtf
New ‘Blue’ Membrane, on Rivers, Could Generate Electricity like 1,000s of Nukes 1219.rtf - Draw energy from the difference in electric potential between salt water and fresh water.
Laos Dam Disaster Leaves 24 Dead, Scores Missing 0718.rtf - Top of newly completed dam swept away by heavy rain, as river level rose 15 feet.
The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam into a Giant Battery 0718.rtf - in short, a huge pumped storage project
Why Hydroelectric Utilities Are Endangered by Soaring Soar and Wind 1117.rtf
Canada Has Too Much Clean Hydropower. Anybody Want It? 0917.rtf
Proposed Colombia Dam Threatens to Wipe Out Endangered Plants, Disrupt River 0717.rtf
Billion-Dollar Dams Are Making Water Shortages, Not Solving Them 0617.rtf
2:3 of Canada’s Electricity Now Comes from Renewable Energy 0517.rtf
Side Effect of California's Drought - More CO2, Less Hydro.rtf
Is Small-Scale Hydro the Answer to India's Clean Energy Needs? 1116.rtf
Vietnam Sweats Bullets as China and Laos Dam the Mekong 1016.rtf
Bright Future for Water Power in America, Using Existing Dams etc. 0716.rtf
Why More than 200 New Dams Will Be a Disaster for the Amazon 0316.rtf
Venezuela Shuts Down for a Week, as Drought Cripples Electricity Supply 0316.rtf
Mountainous Pakistan Cuts Forest Loss, Disaster Risk with River Power 0316.rtf
Hydropower Said to Put Climate, Biodiversity at Risk 0116.rtf
Heat Waves, Drought May Curb Global Power Output 0116.rtf
As Hydropower Dries Up, Tanzania Moves toward Fossil Fuels 1215.rtf
Zimbabwe’s Mega Zambezi Dam Project Could Flounder as Climate Changes 1115.rtf
As the Need for Power Surges, Are Small - or Big - Dams in Poor Countries the Answer? 0815.rtf
Drought Has Cut California’s Hydro-Electricity Generation by 2:3 - 0715.rtf
In Quake-Prone Nepal, Why Solar Power Is an Energy Solution 0615.rtf
Drought Cuts Power Production from California Dams 0515.rtf
Colorado Begins $3.4 Million Effort to Save Agriculture Water, Make Power with It 0515.rtf
Egypt, Sudan Edge Toward Cooperation on Ethiopia’s Nile Dam 0315.rtf
California Staring at Decline in Hydro-Power Due to Drought 0315.rtf
Lao Hydro Dam to Seriously Affect Vietnam’s Mekong Delta 1214.rtf
Private Funding Brings a Boom in Hydropower, With High Costs 1114.rtf
China's 3 Gorges Corp. to Diversify, as Big Dam Projects Dry Up 1114.rtf
Hydropower May Be Huge Source of Methane Emissions 1014.rtf - also on Carbon + & - page, Rising Carbon Sources
We're Damming Up Every Big River on Earth. Is That Really a Good Idea? 1014.rtf
Brazil’s Proposed Mega-dam Auction Provokes Outrage, Indigenous Fight 1014.rtf
Dam It - Feds Say U.S. Can Double Hydropower 0514.rtf
China’s Great Dam Boom Is a Major Assault on Its Rivers 1113.rtf
Hydroelectric Power Makes Big Comeback at US Dams 0913.rtf
Indian Court Halts Himalayan Hydro Projects 0813.rtf
Big Dams Are Booming Business 0513.rtf
New Big Hydro for Africa's People? 0513.rtf
Brazil's Hydro Dams Could Make Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Soar 0713.rtf
Hydropower Megaproject to Dam Congo River 0513.rtf
Rights and Wrongs of Belo Monte 0513.rtf
Human Cost of Brazil's Hydropower 0113.rtf
U.S. Support and New Investments Buoy Hopes for Marine Energy 0125.rtf
This Seaside Town Will Power 1,000s of Homes with Waves 1124.rtf
As Tidal Power Rides Wave of Clean Energy Optimism, Pitfalls Persist 1024.rtf
Revolutionary Grid-Scale Wave Energy Generator Deployed in Hawaii 0724.rtf - 1.25 MW, using a new-ish technology that generates power continuously than just during part of a wave's passage.
Tidal Power’s Fickle Future 0423.rtf - "Of their 978 theoretical estuaries, a total of 54 had currents fast enough to drive tidal turbines. This number dropped to 47 in simulations with one meter of sea level rise. With 2 meters of sea level rise, it fell to 40."
The World Needs More Gigantic Sea Dams for Tidal Power 1022.rtf
Click for moreGiant Deep Ocean Turbine Trial Offers Hope of Endless Green Power 0522.rtf - Harness ocean currents 30-50 meters deep.
Harnessing the Ocean’s Energy to Power Homes, Airplanes and Distilleries 1221.rtf - tidal power, focus in Scotland
Ocean Energy About to Ride a Wave 0221.rtf - wave power and tidal power
Capturing the Green Energy of the Deep Blue Sea 0620.rtf - harnessing the power of the Gulf Stream ocean current
Researchers Are Closer to Harvesting Osmotic Energy from Salt : Fresh Water 1219.rtf
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Picks Up Momentum in Pacific 1219.rtf - OTEC
Could Wave Power Be the Next Boom in Renewable Energy? 0419.rtf
Meygen Tidal Turbine Powers on to World Record 0219.rtf
The 7 Positive Externalities of Negative Emissions from OTEC 1218.rtf - OTEC, send surface water deep
Tidal Turbine Maker Bids to Turn U.K. into a Green Saudi Arabia 0417.rtf
America's 2nd Wave-Produced Power Goes Online in Hawaii 0916.rtf
Waves of the Pacific Are on Chile’s Energy Horizon 0516.rtf
Alaska Aquarium Uses Seawater for Heating 0416.rtf
Triton Wave Device Could Provide 1:3 of America's Power 0416.rtf
Tidal Lagoon Technology Gets Multi-Million £ Boost 0216.rtf
Could New Generation Wave Energy Provide 1:3 of Australia's Electricity? 1115.rtf
Sea Change in Renewables Market Forces 1115.rtf - around UK: offshore wind, tidal power, waves
Revolutionary Fence Set to Trap Sea’s Tidal Power 0815.rtf
Cardiff Tidal Energy Lagoon ‘Could Power Every Home in Wales' 0315.rtf
Whatever Happened to Wave Power? 0215.rtf
£1 Billion Tidal Lagoon- Swansea Bay Deadline Looms 1114.rtf
Seychelles Could Generate Cheap Power from Ocean Waves by 2016 - 1114.rtf
Wind Farm of the Future Might Be Underwater 1114.rtf
Tidal Power Generator Unveiling Hailed as Landmark 0814.rtf
Underwater Ocean Turbines - A New Spin on Clean Energy? 0814.rtf - tidal power, at depths greater than the bottom of where surface ships travel
US Regulations Push Wave-Energy Project to Australia 0414.rtf
Clean, Green & Unobtrusive, Wave & Tidal Energy Projects Appeal to Scots 1013.rtf
Tidal Energy Scheme Off Northern Scotland Gets Go-Ahead 0913.rtf
Britain's Tides Are Energy Goldmine 0613.rtf
World’s Largest Wave Power Scheme Given Go-Ahead 0513.rtf
Lockheed to Build 10 MW OTEC Plant Off Hainan 0413.rtf
UK Tidal Power Has Huge Potential 0113.rtf
Scotland Surfs Ahead on Wave Energy 0912.rtf
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