Global Electricity Generated by Hydropower Hit Hard by Severe Droughts
Last year's low rainfall pushed global hydropower production to its lowest level since 2000. This year, heat waves and droughts are expected to decrease further as they spread across China, the United States and Europe. According to the Global Electricity Review 2022 by Ember, an independent energy and environmental think tank, clean energy will account for 38% of global electricity by 2021, of which 15% will be hydro. China Since 2000, two-thirds of global hydropower growth has occurred in China, home to five of the world's top 10 hydropower plants. Hydroelectric power generation in Sichuan, China has been severely affected by extreme drought and extremely high temperatures this summer. Summer is usually flood season in Sichuan Province. According to data compiled by CITIC Construction Securities, the average rainfall in Sichuan between July 1 and August 10 was about 50 percent lower than the historical average. The water level in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze R