WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT POWERS OUR WORLD
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
30 YEARS TO A SOLUTION
RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE
ALL BENEFITS HAVE COSTS
PUT THE RABBIT BACK IN THE HAT
HOW DIRTY A WORD?
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE
PAY NOW, REAP LATER
BUT NOT INDEPENDENCE
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT?
THE INSIDE LOOK
100 YEARS AND GETTING THERE
CHEAP AND DIRTY
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BATTERY
TAMING THE FIREBALL
WAS THE IDEAL RESOURCE
THE LONG WINDING ROAD
ABUNDANT AND CLEANER
HIGH POWER, HARD TO HANDLE
THE ECONOMIC GAS PEDAL
$UPER CLEAN
TO A BIGGER, SMARTER GRID
AFFORDABLE IF NOT UNAFFORDABLE
Was the ideal resource
Hydropower can be always-on baseload power, or spin up almost instantly to follow rising electricity demand. With no fuel to burn and no emissions. Building the power plants is high impact and expensive, but they produce cheap electricity for many decades. Hydro is so good, we’ve used up almost all the locations for it. The few large scale projects in the future will be in China, India, Africa and other developing areas.
Your primer on hydro, with Dr. Scott Tinker
Jan Oivind Johansen Assistant Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Energy
Describing hydro in Norway
Full Interview
Jan Oivind Johansen Assistant Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Energy
Explaining the benefits of hydro power
Full Interview
Jan Oivind Johansen Assistant Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Energy
On the low price of their hydro electricity
Full Interview
Jan Oivind Johansen Assistant Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Energy
On the technical and environmental challenges of hydro
Full Interview
Dr. Steve Koonin US Undersecretary of Energy
On the pros, cons and future of hydro
Full InterviewSwitch Energy Project
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