Hydropower News
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Untold impact on northern Thailand’s wildlife from Mekong damsOtters, fish and birds along the Ing and Ruak rivers face threats from hydropower dams on the Mekong, but understanding is lacking of the true impacts on the ecology of these Mekong tributaries. -
Water-powered generators bring electricity to NagalandAn initiative to electrify villages in remote areas of Nagaland in northeast India with water-powered generators, or ‘hydrogers’, has improved livelihoods and resilience to climate change.
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Hydroelectric project in Sumatra risks extinction of world’s rarest orangutanAs well as threatening the home of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, environmentalists say the Batang Toru hydropower plant in Indonesia jeopardises the livelihoods of 130,000 people and increases the risk of landslides -
Wet-season dam operations hit Mekong ecology and communitiesIn early July 2021, Chinese dams began restricting the flow of the Upper Mekong. Researchers and activists say the consequences downstream are unknown and potentially severe.
Hydropower Opinion
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Getting to zero deforestation in the Amazon by 2030– Amazon deforestation in Brazil reached a 12-year high in 2020, and over 95 per cent of it is illegal. Governments and markets must radically revalue the rainforest’s natural services and stimulate a green economy to avoid a nightmare scenario. -
‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy– In a bid of optimism for the new year, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) expressed confidence that clean energy would grow in 2021. -
Amid coronavirus, let's not forget about indigenous people– Indigenous communities play a critical role in preventing the emergence of diseases and must be involved in the response to the pandemic.
Videos
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Hydropower illuminates a piece of history– A British conservation charity has turned to technology thousands of years old – the Archimedes screw − to provide electricity for lighting one of the historic mansion houses it looks after.
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