https://phys.org/news/2018-11-hydropower-international-shame.html

"This article identifies that for hydropower to continue to make a contribution to sustainable energy it needs to consider from the outset the true costs, social, environmental and cultural that may be involved, and include those in the pricing of the infrastructure, including the eventual removal of the dam, rather than pass those on to the public in 30 years," said Emilio Moran, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences.

"The benefits of energy from dams no longer outweigh the social and environmental costs that damming up rivers brings about."