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Hydraulic power in the Alps

2008-03-15  


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Does hydropower deliver green electricity? Hydropower is a renewable source of energy. The use of hydropower is emission-free and has no negative impact on our environment. What's more, large quantities of electricity can be produced relatively cost-effectively. So what more could you ask for? Well, the environmentally-conscious want more. The use of hydropower entails huge hydrological changes and major impacts on waterway systems. Entire eco-systems can be irreversibly damaged as a result. In the Alps in particular, the construction of hydropower stations has in the past destroyed natural and near-natural landscapes. So is electricity from hydropower green or not?


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EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology) and Green Electricity
http://www.oekostrom.eawag.ch/level0/index_e.html
Hydropower: Small and Large Hydropower Plants, Fish Ladders
http://www.aquamedia.at/templates/index.cfm?id=220
IEAHYDRO: working group of governments and industries about advantage and disadvantage of hydropower
http://www.ieahydro.org
International Small Hydro Atlas: resources, technological and regulatory issues related to small-hydro projects
http://www.small-hydro.com
Low Impact Hydropower Institute: NGO dedicated to reducing the impacts of hydropower generation
http://www.lowimpacthydro.org
Mountain Water Network
http://www.netzwerkwasser.ch
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