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  2. Renewable energy debate - Wikipedia

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    Hydroelectric power stations that use dams would submerge large areas of land due to the requirement of a reservoir. Large reservoirs required for the operation of conventional hydroelectric dams result in submersion of extensive areas upstream of the dams, changing biologically rich and productive lowland and riverine valley forests, marshland ...

  3. Hydropower policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Water is required for all life, but since ancient times, mankind has also employed this natural resource for other specifically human productive uses. Millennia ago man learned to navigate on water, learned to dam and divert it for irrigation and build aqueducts and canals to carry it where possible, and learned to convert the power of moving water to mechanical energy to perform work. [1]

  4. Renewable energy - Wikipedia

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    However many run-of-the-river hydro power plants are micro hydro or pico hydro plants. Much hydropower is flexible, thus complementing wind and solar. [91] In 2021, the world renewable hydropower capacity was 1,360 GW. [73] Only a third of the world's estimated hydroelectric potential of 14,000 TWh/year has been developed.

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  7. Environmental impact of electricity generation - Wikipedia

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    However some countries, such as South Korea and Japan, use land for agriculture under PV, [108] [109] or floating solar, [110] together with other low-carbon power sources. [111] [112] Worldwide land use has minimal ecological impact. [113] Land use can be reduced to the level of gas power by installing on buildings and other built up areas. [104]

  8. Environmental impact of the energy industry - Wikipedia

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    According to the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, [51] in 2004 natural gas produced about 5,300 Mt/yr of CO 2 emissions, while coal and oil produced 10,600 and 10,200 respectively (Figure 4.4); but by 2030, according to an updated version of the SRES B2 emissions scenario, natural gas would be the source of 11,000 Mt/yr, with coal and oil now ...

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