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Reimagining Hydropower and Green Hydrogen
Author(s) -
Russo Thomas N.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
climate and energy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2692-3823
pISSN - 2692-3831
DOI - 10.1002/gas.22234
Subject(s) - hydropower , renewable energy , natural resource economics , electricity generation , electricity , indigenous , wind power , business , environmental protection , environmental science , economics , engineering , ecology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , electrical engineering
The US, European Union, and other countries that have set net‐zero carbon emission targets and participate in the Paris Accord are placing big bets on wind and solar to produce green hydrogen (H 2 ). Here in the US lawmakers and policy makers seem to have overlooked hydropower as a source of renewable energy even though it accounts for 52 percent of the nation's renewable electricity generation and 7 percent of total electricity generation. For example, indigenous communities and environmental groups are opposed to hydropower because of its impacts on fish, wildlife, and water quality.