Originally Posted by CyBerkut
Originally Posted by Tom_Weiss
... in some countries these also could start to replace hydroelectric dams over time.


Why?



with temperatures rising worldwide, glaciers are melting faster and faster and they feed the rivers on which those hydroelectric dams rely.

the effects of global warming in Latin America are now being factored in specially in Brazil which relied until recently mostly in power generated by hydroelectric dams, wind and solar power share is rising faster than ever before in Brazil.