Hydropower and the World's Energy Future
The role of hydropower in bringing clean, renewable, energy to the world
International Hydropower Association
Compton, West Sussex
United Kingdom
International Commission on Large Dams
Paris, France
Implementing Agreement on Hydropower
Technologies and Programmes/
International Energy Agency
Paris, France
Canadian Hydropower Association
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
November 2000
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Preface
The inherent technical, economic and environmental benefits of hydroelectric power make it an important
contributor to the future world energy mix, particularly in the developing countries. These countries have a
great and ever-intensifying need for power and water supplies and they also have greatest remaining hydro
potential.
Development is a basic human right, as few would deny. Energy policy makers must meet their
responsibility in exploring the most rational options for meeting the energy needs of the developing world,
while protecting......

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