https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105160908.htm

The developing world can -- and must -- turn to better ways to generate hydropower for industry and livelihoods. The case is outlined in "Sustainable hydropower in the 21st century" in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"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.