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Is Europe’s hydropower potential tapped out?
Huge dam projects built in Sweden, Austria and France decades ago might not be feasible today, but pumped storage hydropower at sites with existing infrastructure could have major potential to reduce the EU’s emissions. When looking at a chart of the EU countries which have the lowest emissions from power generation, it’s no coincidence that it overlaps with a chart of the countries which have the highest share of hydropower in their energy mix. Sweden, Austria, and France have extensive hydropower, with hydro providing 60% of Austria’s electricity. But these plants were built many decades ago, at a time when ... (full story)