IEA Expects Global Hydropower Capacity to Increase to 230 GW by 2030

India, the second-largest growth market globally, is expected to add 26 GW of hydropower capacity by 2030

July 10, 2021

/ Harsh Shukla
/ Other, Renewable Energy
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Global hydropower capacity is expected to increase by 17%, or 230 GW, in the upcoming decade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a recent report. In 2020, hydropower was the single largest source of low-carbon power as it supplied one-sixth of global power generation.

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