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Why hydropower?
More than ever, industrial, business and private users alike require a secure and economic supply of energy. Today’s energy sources such as coal, oil, gas and nuclear power won't be available without ever more severe restrictions or consequences on the environment. Reduced fossil reserves will inevitably lead to higher energy prices. As of today there is no appropriate concept for disposing of nuclear waste. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that we change our course and shift our thinking towards a preference for renewable energy sources.
For centuries hydropower has played an important role for mankind, and it will further assert itself in future. Many facts support the use of water as an energy resource:
Hydropower is economical
- Low operating costs
- Extremely long lifetime of machinery
- High operational reliability
- Low maintenance
- Time-proven technology
Hydropower users are free
- From price hikes of energy
- From difficulties of interconnecting in remote areas
Hydropower is environmentally friendly
- No harmful waste
- No consumption of fuels
- Small impact on the environment
Only 18% of the technically exploitable worldwide hydropower potential is being used so far!
Hydropower can and will certainly become the No.1 primary source of energy! |
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