Nature’s own battery
Super-charging the grid with the power of water
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A green solution to energy
shortages and soaring
power prices may be closer
to home than you think.
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Sustainable hydropower is the perfect
complement to variable energy
sources solar and wind power.
When the sun doesn’t shine and the
wind doesn’t blow, hydropower can
reliably supply homes and businesses
with clean electricity – avoiding
blackouts without falling back
on fossil fuels.
Hydropower as a giant natural water
battery is the only proven low-carbon
way of storing energy for extended
periods.Globally hydropower stores up to
1,500 TWh of dispatchable electrical
energy, 2,200 times more than all
existing grid batteries and electric
vehicles combined.Next-generation hydro technologies
have been designed to deliver ultra
fl exible electricity in response to rapid
changes in demand.With new projects being certifi ed
and developed in an environmentally
responsible way – on or off -river,
underground and even in abandoned
mines – there is huge potential for
growth in sustainable hydropower.As a renewable and aff ordable energy
source, hydropower is also used to
produce green hydrogen, a game-
changing fuel for energy-intensive
industries.More than a century in the making,
sustainable hydropower’s time has
fi nally come.