International Water Power & Dam Construction explores the regulations shaping the future of hydropower across the globe.

Hydropower is reliable In the Pacific Northwest, hydropower provides about 60% of the region’s energy needs. Because the river is always flowing, hydropower is always available to fill demand.

So too will less rain during the growing season. Farmers upstream of hydropower plants will increasingly turn to irrigation to ensure their livelihoods, reducing the water available downstream.

Hydropower has been in play for thousands ... require an estimated 1.6 trillion gallons (6 trillion liters) of irrigation water (and even more direct rainfall)—a volume exceeding the state ...

Hydropower reservoirs often have multiple uses - providing drinking water, water for irrigation, flood and drought control, navigation services, as well as energy supply. Hydropower currently is ...

China's ambitious plan to build a mega-hydropower dam on the Brahmaputra river poses serious downstream implications for neighboring countries.

They include facilities and undertaking for hydropower-generating ... prevention of water logging, irrigation and water and soil preservation. The construction of water conservancy facilities ...

The Maerdang Hydropower Station, situated in Maqen County, Northwest China's Qinghai Province, at an average altitude of ...

Afghan authorities have officially inaugurated a hydropower dam in the capital Kabul aiming to boost the economy and agriculture sector in the landloc ...