Tag: Hydropower
Bavaria: Three environmental associations want to prevent a power plant on the Lech – Bavaria
Environmentalists want to prevent a planned hydroelectric power plant on the Lech near Augsburg. The Association for Nature Conservation in Bavaria (BN), the Bavarian State Fisheries Association and the State…
Three environmental associations want to prevent the power plant on the Lech – Bavaria
Environmentalists want to prevent a planned hydroelectric power plant on the Lech near Augsburg. The Association for Nature Conservation in Bavaria (BN), the Bavarian State Fisheries Association and the State…
Bavaria no longer expects to take over Uniper hydroelectric power plants – Bavaria
The Free State of Bavaria no longer expects to take over the Uniper hydroelectric power plants. “So there are no plans now, in the near future, for Uniper to say…
Climate change: China’s difficult energy transition
The country wants to become CO2 neutral by 2060. In order to achieve this, the installed wind and solar output must increase at least eightfold, says a new study. However,…
Brazil: Hydropower: A village sinks into the sea
Brazil’s coast is crumbling where the Rio São Francisco flows into the Atlantic. Local residents blame huge dams for this. About a case that could put hydropower under pressure worldwide.…
How dams are choking off the Mekong
That was in 2013, when many people were unable to get their livestock, boats or crops to safety. To prevent this from happening, Eyler has developed an online warning tool…
Energy: The dark side of hydropower
Dams are supplying more renewable electricity than ever before. But an SZ investigation shows how high the price is — and that the energy yield is not as secure as…
How dams are endangering the Ebro Delta
This is because sedimentation occurs at the head of the reservoirs and not at the dams. The Hydrographic Confederation of the Ebro, an authority of the Spanish government in Zaragoza,…
Energy production: What hydropower is doing worldwide
Dams are providing more renewable electricity than ever before. But SZ research shows how high the price is – and that the energy yield is not as secure as expected.…
Spain: "The Delta still has twenty years to live, nothing more"
One of Spain’s most important rice-growing areas on the Ebro is in danger. Hydropower plays a large part in this – but those who profit from it don’t want to…