Hydro capacity accounted for 16.3% of total power plant installations globally in 2022, according to GlobalData, with total recorded hydro capacity of 1,387GW.
Amid the stormy seas of climate change, hydropower is proving a quiet achiever. In Laos, Nam Theun 2 Power Company CEO Marc-Antoine Rupp says locals are already enjoying the benefits of sustainability.
The Russia-Ukraine war, which has raised new fears of a coal supply disruption, will not have a serious impact on coal-fired power plants run by Banpu Power Plc (BPP), the power generation arm of non-oil energy conglomerate Banpu Plc.