Year: <span>2019</span>

Big Damage From Small Hydro in the Last Wilderness of Europe

Hundreds of new hydropower projects are planned in the Western Balkans, as investors sought to take advantage of the huge and relatively untapped water resources in the region. Now, however, public sentiment is turning against these investments and several have been cancelled or put on hold. In the latest development …

We Ask Bank of China Not To Kill Our Relatives!

Activists in Indonesia and abroad staged a coordinated protest on March 1 to draw attention to a controversial hydroelectric project in Sumatra funded by China that threatens the world’s rarest great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan. The activists protested out Chinese diplomatic missions and branches of state-owned Bank of China, which …

Irtysh: THREE COUNTRIES – ONE RIVER

Interesting media project “My River is Yours” has been posted on the web this week.It is dedicated to local perceptions of transboundary river management –subject largely neglected in North Eurasia. Some RwB experts took part in discussions: “China has different water-management relations along the border with each one of the …

Fading Glory of Hydropower

  The International Hydropower Association published a cheerful blog entry showing almost exponential increase in hydropower capacity: Source: IHA  “Not long after the turn of the century, hydropower development gained a renewed momentum, particularly across Asia and South America. Between 2000 and 2017, nearly 500 GW in hydropower installed capacity …