hydroelectricity
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Sri Lanka depends on seasonal monsoon rains for irrigation and hydroelectricity, but experts have warned that the country faces more frequent floods due to climate change.
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
In 2017, Bitcoin miners flooded into Plattsburgh, New York – a city of about 20,000 people a couple of hours to the north of Dresden – because of cheap hydroelectricity rates.
From BBC • May 22, 2025
As of 2022, the company depended on coal for 41% of its power generation, compared with 23% for hydroelectricity, wind, solar and pumped storage.
From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2023
The dams were built in the early 1900s to provide hydroelectricity to spur development, without fish passage.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023
Where it is thoroughly integrated they can help in financing the development of hydroelectricity to supplement the electricity produced from coal.
From The Coming of Coal by Bruere, Robert W.
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