Most banks have multiple objectives and safeguards, and system-scale approaches reduce the risk that their hydropower loans could result in conflicts with their other objectives and safeguards.
Although hydropower is considered a renewable energy source, large hydropower dams can still be responsible for environmental problems such as disrupting and damaging aquatic ecosystems.
A historic Scottish hydro power station has resumed operations after its first major upgrade in 90 years. The Tummel hydro power station started generating renewable electricity in 1933 ...
SAO PAULO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Soil moisture in Brazil's main river basins used for hydropower generation has fallen to nearly two-decade lows, data collected by the London Stock Exchange Group ...
The Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown has disrupted trade – export and import – but the country’s biggest export, hydropower has not been affected even as hydropower generation has ...
The Philippines has big plans to build hydropower plants to meet its renewable energy targets. But some fear loss of livelihood and displacement of Indigenous people. Skip next section More on ...