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The book is written with a cheerfully can-do brio and is full of fascinating calculations—he says that damming Canadian rivers and flooding 0.5% of its land surface, for instance, would provide hydro-power to meet all the world's electricity needs for a month.
Post-Carbon America Matt Ridley 2011
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In India, there are two kinds of clean-tech deals -- those that adopt technologies or models and implement locally like hydro-power generation, and smaller tech innovation deals.
Investors Heart Clean Tech, But Find Few Deals Deepti Chaudhary of Mint 2011
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ABB, which has been a pioneer in building long-distance power links and already has won major contracts in China and Brazil over the past few years, said the link will provide electricity from hydro-power stations in northeastern India to some 90 million people in the region around the city of Agra, which is located south of New Delhi.
ABB Wins Contract to Build Indian Power Highway Goran Mijuk 2011
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With all these projects in Ethiopia, such as hydro-power plants, the electricity grid extending outwards, water and sanitation improving, society seems to be progressing economically, though maybe not as fast as they should.
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There is a proposal underway for hydro-power dams worth 1.4 billion dollars.
Egypt Favors Pragmatic Solution to Nile Water Sharing, Says Analyst 2011
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Important to the Innu and Cree people of Quebec and Labrador in eastern Canada, iron-ore mining, hydro-power flooding and road building are reportedly to blame for the depleting numbers of reindeer.
Georgia River Reindeer Population Dramatically Dropping (PHOTOS) 2011
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I imagined the mainstreaming of super-efficient solar panels and the replacement of controversial hydro-power infrastructure with fish-friendly turbines shaped like mixing paddles.
Dar Williams: Blow Your Own Green Bubble Dar Williams 2010
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Mr. Sood said the company has been struggling to recover outstanding payments of around 3 billion rupees from state-run National Highways Authority of India and hydro-power generation company NHPC Ltd.
Hindustan Construction Plans Partial Stake Sale in Some Projects Prasenjit Bhattacharya 2012
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I imagined the mainstreaming of super-efficient solar panels and the replacement of controversial hydro-power infrastructure with fish-friendly turbines shaped like mixing paddles.
Dar Williams: Blow Your Own Green Bubble Dar Williams 2010
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Some studies indicate that properly managed hydro-power dams in Ethiopia could benefit Egypt with more water.
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