New publication: Hydropower and hydrogen

Aktuelles, Feature, Staudämme, Wasserkraft und Biodiversität, Wasserkraft und Entwicklung, Wasserkraft und Klima, Wasserkraft und Menschenrechte

From green to blue to grey and other colors – hardly any of the current discussions about the future of industry, heating and mobility in Germany fails to mention hydrogen. The hydropower industry is participating in this debate, too. This factsheet looks at how the trend towards hydrogen is being used by the hydropower industry…

New Publication: Rivers, Rights, Resistance – Hydropower and the Legacy of the World Commission on Dams

Aktuelles, Feature, Staudämme

The year 2025 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the final report of the World Commission on Dams. Rivers are lifelines for people and nature. But all too often they are only used as an economic resource, with little regard for the consequences. Numerous large hydropower projects around the world, which have catastrophic…