Letter: Research shows hydropower is clean

KENNEBEC JOURNAL • April 18, 2021

Recent commentary on the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project has claimed that “hydropower is not clean energy.” This view of hydropower is not supported by the weight of climate science. We need renewables working together if we are to achieve the carbon reduction targets of the Paris Agreement on climate change. As the head of the International Energy Agency said recently, we don’t have the luxury of choosing between these clean technologies. ~ Eddie Rich, International Hydropower Association, London