In Ecuador, BNDES funded a hydroelectric dam with cracks.

The region is a major exporter of hydroelectric power.

The 14 hydroelectric dams on the Columbia's main stem and many more on its tributaries produce more hydroelectric power than those of any other North American river.

Some Parties reported substantial hydroelectric power generation in their countries.

Other Parties expected an increase in rainfall and flooding, thus affecting hydroelectric power generation.

Carbon free hydroelectric power is the right choice as sub Saharan Africa s principal source of energy.

The Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant has 21 suits, many of them questioning its environmental impact.

Bhutan's economy is based on agriculture, forestry, tourism and the sale of hydroelectric power to India.

Alaska also offers some of the highest hydroelectric power potential in the country from its numerous rivers.

US aid underwrote the imports of coal and investments in hydroelectric power needed to get industry running again.

Of that amount, about 75 was based on natural gas, 18 on oil, and 7 on hydroelectric power.

Nuclear power is the fourth largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydroelectric and renewable sources of electricity.

At the same time, the country must modify its consumption model through greater reliance on hydroelectric, nuclear, and wind energy.

Egyptians depend on the Nile River, and Ethiopia has begun construction upstream of what will be Africa s largest hydroelectric dam.

But countries like Ethiopia have virtually no water storage facilities, great variability in rainfall, and attractive sites for hydroelectric generation.

Latvia has three big hydroelectric power stations in Pļaviņu HES (825MW), Rīgas HES (402 MW) and Ķeguma HES 2 (192 MW).

Billionaire projects such as the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam which has received more than 25 million reais from BNDES (10 million US dollars).

To look for electrical energy alternatives, as a way to avoid the impact of the hydroelectric stations on local communities and on the environment.

Many Parties provided information on alternative energy resources and mentioned that these include photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, oil shale, and biomass energy.

Sources of electricity were fossil fuels 67 , renewable energy 16 (mainly hydroelectric, wind, solar and biomass), and nuclear power 13 , and other sources were 3 .

Torrential rivers on the slopes of the mountains produce a large hydroelectric power potential and add their volume to the navigable rivers in the valleys.

This peaking capacity is built around hydroelectric systems in some countries, but usually it is based on burning fossil fuels such as gas, diesel, or fuel oils.

Public works negotiated by BNDES in the South American Amazon include hydroelectric dams with cracks, pipelines with leaks, and a railroad that shook the presidency of Bolivia.

At the same time, natural gas accounts for 51 of energy consumption, compared to 32 for oil and barely 17 for coal, renewables, and hydroelectric and nuclear power.

(Hydroelectric power generation emits no CO2, but there are only a few remaining places in the world where it can be expanded without major environmental or social costs.)

Close to 155 billion was invested in 2008 in renewable energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large scale hydroelectric projects, according to a recent UN Environment Program report.

The lake is one of the largest man made lakes in the world, and the hydroelectric power generating facilities at the dam provide electricity to much of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The vast majority of energy is produced with imported fuel, including gas and nuclear fuel (for its one nuclear power plant) from Russia the main domestic energy source is hydroelectric.

Excruciatingly laborious stakeholder consultations of the type that lasted nearly ten years to construct the World Bank funded Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric power plant in Laos are not required of Chinese aid.

They demand the Brazilian government to suspend the construction of hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon region as well as complain about the government lack of willingness to negotiate over their land rights.

Since the mid 20th century, heavy water consumption of farms and cities along with many large hydroelectric dams on the river has left only 20 percent of its natural discharge to flow to the Gulf.

There have been a wide range of techniques used to spin a turbine's rotor, from steam heated using fossil fuel (including coal, gas and oil) or nuclear energy, falling water (hydroelectric power) and wind (wind power).

The European Commission continued rehabilitation of the Inguri Hydroelectric Plant and announced plans to launch a new programme that will fund economic rehabilitation and confidence capacity building activities in Sukhumi and adjacent areas to the west.

To his credit, child mortality was reduced by 40 under his government Ethiopia s economy became more diversified, with new industries like car manufacturing, beverages, and floriculture and major infrastructure projects, including Africa s largest hydroelectric dam, were launched.

The sense among ordinary Burmese that the Chinese were looting the country s resources has led to an anti China backlash, including problems with a copper mine in Monywa and the cancellation last year of the Myitsone hydroelectric dam.

A number of examples were put forward to illustrate the challenges that free, prior and informed consent poses. Examples of non participation, inadequate consultations, or non consent were cited, as in cases of the building of hydroelectric dams.

Rory Williams of the blog Carbon Copy points to one of the negative effects of the deal struck between China and Ghana where China is set to build a 400MW hydroelectric dam and Ghana is to supply China with cocoa massive deforestation.

Utilizing funds from the Worker's Support Fund and contributions made by the Federal Treasury, the bank finances consortiums and businesses responsible for the construction of dams for the generation of hydroelectric power, power lines, thermoelectric projects and other projects with great environmental impact.