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The surge in hydroelectric dams is driving massive biodiversity loss (theconversation.com)

submitted 6 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/energy

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[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We need hydro power with renewables, even more than we need it with fossil fuels. Hydro allows us to store eenrgy (through pumping water back into the lake as potential energy), which is required when peak usage hours don't match peak production hours. Since we can't control when solar or wind will produce power, energy storage is even more of a necessity for those sources than it is for fossil sources.

[–] speedingcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe a dumb question but would hydro on top of a large waterfall work without impacting biodiversity? I ask because maybe there isn’t wildlife that goes down large waterfalls, so no impact.