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Hari Tulsidas :verified: · @haritulsidas
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California has a massive snowpack this year thanks to a wet winter and spring. This means more clean and cheap electricity for the state, as the melting snow will feed the hydroelectric dams. The extra power will also help reduce the risk of blackouts and wildfires during summer.

times-standard.com/2023/05/09/

#california #snowpack #hydroelectricity

Last updated 1 year ago

The absence of in this list is also noteworthy, another low-carbon energy source regularly banned from climate policies.

#hydroelectricity

Last updated 2 years ago

Bad news for and for Europeans: after nuclear energy, , the only other energy allowing complete freedom from fossil fuels is targeted: eeb.org/library/open-letter-co

NGOs such as WWF France are signatories of this open letter.

#climate #hydroelectricity

Last updated 2 years ago

M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
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GregCocks · @GregCocks
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Mapped - Biggest Sources of Electricity by State and Province [North America]
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visualcapitalist.com/biggest-s <-- article
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“On a national scale, the United States and Canada rely on a very different makeup of sources to generate their electricity.
The U.S. primarily uses natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, while Canada relies on both hydro and nuclear. That said, when zooming in on the province or state level, individual primary electricity sources can differ greatly…”

#gis #spatial #mapping #northamerica #Canada #USA #states #provinces #representation #energy #energysolutions #electricity #oil #gas #power #naturalgas #coal #hydroelectricity #hydroelectric #nuclearenergy #NuclearPower #nuclear #consumerism #sources #solutions #electricalengineering #electricalservices #visualcapitalist

Last updated 2 years ago

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Sedimentation threatens to steal capacity from nearly 50,000 dams - Enlarge (credit: Jose Luis Stephens / EyeEm)

Slowly but surely... - arstechnica.com/?p=1909422

#dams #energy #science #sedimentation #climatechange #hydroelectricity

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Andy Scollick · @Andy_Scollick
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Are the suffering a relative drought? Lack of snow = lack of melt water for reservoirs. (follow @LionHirth)

#alps #hydroelectricity #climate #energy

Last updated 2 years ago