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Because hydropower plants can generate power to the grid immediately, they provide essential backup power during major electricity outages or disruptions. Hydropower provides benefits beyond electricity generation by providing flood control, irrigation support, and clean drinking water.
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In these economies, hydropower installations are a cost-effective option not only to generate electricity, but also to expand electricity access, promote economic development and provide water for irrigation and drinking.
Emerging and developing economies have led global hydropower growth since the 1970s, mainly through public sector investments in large plants. Today, hydropower meets the majority of electricity demand in 28 emerging and developing economies, which have a total population of 800 million.
30 cze 2021 · The growth of hydropower plants worldwide is set to slow significantly this decade, putting at risk the ambitions of countries across the globe to reach net-zero emissions while ensuring reliable and affordable energy supplies for their citizens, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency.
1 mar 2021 · Several studies describe specific economic benefits triggered by the building and operation of transboundary dams such as power export revenue generation for hydropower exporters, resource pooling benefits and regional trade spillovers.
Benefits of hydropower include climate mitigation, adaptation, flexible energy generation and storage, as well as reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
The inherent technical, economic and environmental benefits of hydroelectric power make it an important contributor to the future world energy mix, particularly in the developing countries. These countries have a great and ever-intensifying need for power and water supplies and they also have greatest remaining hydro potential.
