Due to climate change affecting hydropower generation in Austria, the country has had to import electricity. – EPA pic, July 9, 2023.
HIGH in the Austrian Alps, hundreds of construction workers toil in a huge underground project aimed at storing hydropower as climate change has reduced the country’s water-dependent electricity production. Austria draws more than 60% of its electricity output from the renewable energy source, compared to a global average of 16%, with more than 3,100 dams spread across its rivers.
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