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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Using hydropower

Using hydropower

  • Utilizing hydroelectricity generation
  • Using hydroelectricity generation

Implementation

In China, over 60,000 small-scale hydro plants are in operation. In the USA, less than three percent of the existing 67,000 dams, many of which were built for flood control, currently produce electricity. If these dams were converted, small-scale hydropower could supply the electricity for several million USA homes.

Broader

Using renewable energy resources
Excellent
Managing water
Presentable

Narrower

Implementing environmentally sound hydropower schemes
Presentable

Constrained by

Opposing development of rivers
Yet to rate

Facilitates

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Presentable
Integrating national energy efficiency policy
Presentable
Adopting environmentally sound energy options
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Supporting use of environmentally sound technology
Presentable
Developing appropriate water management technology
Presentable
Establishing clearing houses for environmentally sound technology
Yet to rate

Problem

Underutilization of renewable energy resources
Presentable
Underutilization of hydropower
Yet to rate

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
  • Resources » Energy
  • Economics » Resource utilization
  • Technology » Technology
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J3660
    DOCID
    12036600
    D7NID
    218827
    Last update
    Jul 25, 2018