Hydropower
Will Paraguay’s elections usher in a new era for the Itaipú dam?
In the heart of South America, Brazilians and Paraguayans point to a stretch of the Paraná river known as ‘Itaipú’,…
Europe: Renewables in 2022 in five charts – and what to expect in 2023
The European power market was caught in a storm in 2022. The ongoing recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as well…
Opinion: Dam, that’s a lot of men
Port Evolution, headed up by James Sutcliffe, made a name for itself back in 2007 after it oversaw the development…
What four years of ‘non-existent’ climate action has done to Brazil
Brazil’s general election, which takes place in two rounds over the course of October 2022, is coming not a moment…
Two years on: How Energy Monitor is documenting the race to net zero
As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled fresh proposals to combat the energy crisis on 14 September, around…
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The ever-growing risk of big dam failure
The Mullaperiyar Dam in the southern Indian state of Kerala was built by the British in 1895. It provides crop…
Why hydropower’s human rights problem may be insurmountable
In southern Tajikistan, 110km from the country’s capital, Dushanbe, a vast monolith of compacted rock is taking shape in the…
Weekly data: Why drought in California will keep dirty power plants online for longer
California is in its third year of drought, with January, February and March 2022 all recording the least rain and…
The climate risk for hydropower
Hydropower has been an affordable energy technology for years, and accounts for more output than all other renewable power sources…
Pumped hydro resurfaces as a net-zero stalwart
In its bid to make the Winter Olympics “green and clean”, China turned on the world’s largest pumped hydro storage…