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WATER WORKS

A hydropower white paper, by American Energy Society
The Case for Hydropower
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Electricity powers today’s modern world, and we’ve built our lives around its constant availability, hoping all the while that solutions are sustainable. Often, the most viable solutions are overlooked:
> Hydropower is a cost-effective, reliable, and renewable non-carbon source of energy.
> Hydropower is a viable alternative to natural gas and nuclear, and can mitigate the variability of intermittent renewables on existing power grids.
​> Hydropower has a long and proven history, and offers an abundant, sustainable, hopeful energy future.
In 2019, hydropower generated 4,306 terawatt hours of clean electricity, ​the greatest contribution from a renewable energy source ever.
Water Works hydropower white paper includes:
> An overview and survey
> SWOT assessment on costs and benefits
> ​Norway, a case study
> Look ahead - new and emerging technologies

Water Works is complimentary for all Members of the American Energy Society.
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