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Title: Where is new hydropower capacity being built?

Time span: 1898-2023
    
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Variable: 
Hydropower capacity additions by country

Source: 
Global Energy Monitor, Global Hydropower Tracker, May 2023 release

Source link: 
https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-hydropower-tracker/

Data accessed: 
2023-06-28

Description: 
The Global Hydropower Tracker is a worldwide dataset of hydropower facilities.The tracker catalogs hydroelectric power plants with capacities of 75 megawatts (MW) or more. It includes all facilities at this capacity threshold for operating, announced, pre-construction, under construction, and shelved units. Non-comprehensive data is also included for inactive plants, consisting of those which are mothballed, retired, or canceled.

Projects are the fundamental level of organization for the Global Hydropower Tracker. A given project may consist of a single turbine-generator set, or multiple turbine-generator sets. When available, information about the capacity and number of turbine(s) is included. Multiple projects that are part of a collection of related power-generating infrastructure but which should be considered different plants due to distinct physical infrastructure, geographic separation, and/or other factors such as ownership or operation are linked together as a complex.

Various technology types are tracked in the dataset, including conventional storage, run-of-river, and pumped storage facilities

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