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When Hydroelectric Meets Climate Change: Lessons For Renewable Diversity

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Reliance on hydroelectric power can lead to drought, famine and turmoil when not combined with other power sources and when future climate projections are ignored.
Around the world, governments which rarely agree on anything all agree with one thing: that climate change is a real danger to civilisation. Developed and developing nations are pursuing greater levels [...]

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Tale Of Two Droughts: Venezuela and India Hit By El Nino Energy Shortages

Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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One nation left Copenhagen happy with the weak international climate change deal; the other left screaming at the developed world and capitalism. Both have experienced severe energy shortages as a result of climate-induced droughts which have decimated the two countries’ hydroelectric power stations.
The difference between India and Venezuela, however, is that India has averted the [...]

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India To Suffer From 20,000 MW Energy Shortage As Monsoon Fails Due To El Nino

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Ross.

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With the monsoon season less of a deluge and more of a drip, India is about to suffer under a gigantic energy shortfall which threatens to only get worse unless the rains come back in force.
The country is currently facing an energy shortage of 15,000 to 20,000 megawatts (MW) in electricity generation, Indian Power Minister [...]

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US Renewable Energy Drive Will Aid Drought-Stricken South

Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Continual droughts across the southern states of the US will be lessened by the same projects which will secure America’s low-carbon future - wind and solar power stations.
Water supplies across much of the American south have been pushed to breaking point from a combination of inefficient usage, increased agricultural and industrial demand, and poor rainfall [...]