Energy
Electricity production
Hydropower and foreign investment
Hydropower is considered one of the oldest and most established forms of renewable energy.1 Hydropower uses the natural flow of water to generate electricity and is found in all continents with major rivers. It is considered a cheap form of energy, factoring in the longer-term ...
Hydropower dams
With its vast, complex network of tributaries, the Mekong river system has been identified as a valuable source of hydroelectricity generation from as early as the 1960s. Today, the Lower Mekong Basin is a key site for large-scale hydropower dam development,1 and it is estimated ...