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HYDROPOWER:
THE TOP RENEWABLE
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europa.eu.int/comm/energy_
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Hydropower* is the most important and widely used renewable source of energy:- it represents about 17% of total electricity production worldwide;
- between 1992 and 2002, the generation of hydroelectric power increased at an average annual rate of 1.8%;
- small-scale hydro deployment** worldwide is increasing at about 900MW annually and is expected to reach 55,000MW/year by 2010. Rapid expansion is expected in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
key regional renewables indicators (2000) | country | Renewables
in TPES* % | Hydro % | | Africa | 50.9 | 2.3 | | Asia | 34.0 | 4.0 | | Latin America | 27.9 | 37.3 | | China | 20.2 | 8.2 | | Non-OECD Europe | 9.9 | 46.1 | | Former USSR | 3.3 | 65.5 | | Middle East | 0.8 | 41.3 | | OECD | 6.2 | 34.4 | | World | 13.8 | 16.5 |
source: www.iea.org/dbtw-wpd/textbase/papers/2002/leaflet.pdf
TPES: Total primary energy supply.
*Hydropower: electricity generation using the power of falling water, through dams and reservoirs.
** Small-scale hydro schemes are typically defined as having an installed capacity of less than 10MW. They generate electricity by converting the energy available in flowing water (rivers, canals or streams).
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