Energy infrastructure • Renewables

Global Hydropower

Hydropower remains the world's largest source of renewable electricity, providing baseload capacity, grid stability, and large-scale energy storage through pumped-storage schemes. It is a critical enabler of green hydrogen production in the Nordics and Brazil, where cheap hydro electricity powers electrolysis at scale. The sector carries significant environmental trade-offs: reservoir flooding, sediment disruption, and biodiversity loss along major river systems.

Source: Global Energy Monitor — Global Hydropower Tracker, CC BY 4.0