Drought in US West Has Cost Hydropower Industry Billions in Losses

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By Guest ContributorAug 17, 2024, 8:57 pm906 ptsInterestingTop
Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue. The sector lost about 300 million megawatt hours of power generation between 2003 and 2020 due to drought ...…

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