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Hydro produces 17% of the WORLD’S electricity It is, by far, the world’s no.1 source of renewable electricity Hydro beats all other electricity generating technologies with a PAY BACK ratio of 300 (energy produced / energy to produce) There are NO CO2 emissions from hydro projects 40% of the UK’s renewable energy generation is provided by Twenty five countries depend on hydropower for 90% of their electricity; twelve are 100% reliant on HYDRO 99.3% of the electricity generated in Norway comes from hydropower Vietnam has approximately 2500 ‘micro’ hydro schemes producing electricity for 200,000 households Less than one third of the world’s practical hydro capacity has been developed SMALL HYDRO schemes have minimal visual impact on their surrounding environment Hydropower, after 150 years as a generating source, is still one of the most inexpensive ways to generate power |