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Main problem with hydropower is it's geographical dependency. Denmark could never do what Norway is doing for example.

Well, it could. But it would have to dig a hell of a hole....

Denmark is utilising a resource it has in some abundance: wind. Part of a renewables strategy is using what you've got, not what you wish for.

Well, solidly 95% of Quebec's electricity is from hydro-electric. It still keeps other types of power plants online for research purposes.

We are lucky to have big rivers far north. This allowed us to destroy entire ecosystems and native lands where nobody could see or hear about it.

Hydro electricity is not without its downside.