Large or mega Hydroelectric ...A Dam Shame For Our Climate
Contrary to present public opinion, large hydroelectric dams and their reservoir impoundments of 100 megawatts or greater can no longer be considered carbon neutral or free of GHG
emissions. The United States EPA, working through numerous organizations and following a NASA Jet propulsion Lab study( https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3143/steamy-relationships- how-atmospheric-water-vapor-supercharges-earths-greenhouse-effect/) has determined that large dams could actually contribute substantial amounts to the Earth's carbon budget. Recently the EPA advanced this position to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) requesting nations to measure GHG emissions from massive impoundments and downstream flows once exiting turbine Dams. Now utilizing satellite SENSOR technologies.(https://www.epa.gov/air-research/research-emissions-us-reservoirs)
The U.S. has taken the lead in this effort. It’s time to get political expediency and the misinformation machines out of the way so real science and research world-wide can get this behemoth GHG emitter to stop and begin employing a team of drone/ satellite researchers.
Large or mega Hydroelectric ...A Dam Shame For Our Climate
Contrary to present public opinion, large hydroelectric dams and their reservoir impoundments of 100 megawatts or greater can no longer be considered carbon neutral or free of GHG
emissions. The United States EPA, working through numerous organizations and following a NASA Jet propulsion Lab study( https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3143/steamy-relationships- how-atmospheric-water-vapor-supercharges-earths-greenhouse-effect/) has determined that large dams could actually contribute substantial amounts to the Earth's carbon budget. Recently the EPA advanced this position to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) requesting nations to measure GHG emissions from massive impoundments and downstream flows once exiting turbine Dams. Now utilizing satellite SENSOR technologies.(https://www.epa.gov/air-research/research-emissions-us-reservoirs)
The U.S. has taken the lead in this effort. It’s time to get political expediency and the misinformation machines out of the way so real science and research world-wide can get this behemoth GHG emitter to stop and begin employing a team of drone/ satellite researchers.