Australia
Though the country experiences great variation in moisture
levels and streamflow conditions, hydropower development
in Australia has been an important factor in the country’s
social and economic development. The Australian hydropower
industry operates with a total installed capacity of 7261MW,
with an average of 14 568GWh generated annually
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China
China has 17% of the earth's hydropower resource and has
installed around half of the world’s SHP capacity. Since
the establishment of the Peoples’ Republic in 1949, approximately
20GW of SHP has been constructed, with more than 80% of
this coming on-line since the mid 1970s.
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Japan
Japan is almost destitute of natural resources. Water has
been regarded as the one and only resource granted to the
people all across the country. Throughout japan's history,
the utilization of river flows has been of great importance.
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Nepal
The Kingdom of Nepal lies along the southern slopes of the
Himalayan mountains. It is bordered by the Tibet Autonomous
Region of China to its north and India to its south. Nepal
has over 25,000 feet of altitude change within its borders.
The population of Nepal is approximately 24 million.
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Norway
More than 99 percent of electricity in Norway comes from
hydropower. Representing the fifth largest hydropower system
in the world and regarded by many as the most efficient
and modern, the Norwegian hydropower system generates an
average of 115 00GWh of electricity a year and has a total
installed capacity of 29 932MW.
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Sweden
Hydro power as the main source of electricity has been one
of the cornerstones of Swedish industrialization. This relatively
inexpensive indigenous resource has contributed in a most
significant way to the development of industries capable
of competing on the world market.
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Tajikistan
Tadjikistan covers 143 100 km2 and a population of about
6.2 million. The total average precipitation volume is 51.7
km3. There are 17 large dams in operation.
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Turkey
The gross theoretical hydropower potential of Turkey is
433 000 GWh/year and the technically feasible potential
is 215 000 GWh/year. The economically feasible potential
has been re-evaluated in 1997 as 123 385 GWh/year, equivalent
to 34 862 MW. So far, about 17 per cent of the technically
feasible potential has been developed.
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United Kingdom(UK)
Various estimates have been made about how much potential
hydropower is available for development in the U.K. There
is probably a further 750 MW of capacity in Scotland, but
it is difficult to say how much of this would be economically
viable and equally importantly, environmentally acceptable.
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United States Of America
(USA)
There is about 3000 MW of small hydro capacity in operation
in the USA. A further 40 MW is planned.
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