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Map Global hydropower tracker

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About this Item

Title

  • Global hydropower tracker

Names

  • Global Energy Monitor, cartographer

Created / Published

  • Covina, California : Global Energy Monitor, May 2023.
  • ©2023.

Headings

  • -  Water-power--Maps
  • -  Hydroelectric power plants--Maps

Genre

  • Geospatial data
  • Data sets

Notes

  • -  This is a world-wide dataset of hydropower facilities with 75 megawatts or more. It includes operating, announced, pre-construction, under construction, and shelved units.
  • -  Each facility is identified geographically using latitude and longitude, including a column describing the location accuracy. City, local area, major area, state/province, subregion, and region information is also included where available.

Medium

  • datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3201.N33

Repository

  • s-Online Electronic Resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023592028

Rights Advisory

  • Distributed under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License. Copyright Global Energy Monitor, May 2023 release.

Online Format

  • compressed data

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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Global Energy Monitor, Cartographer. Global Hydropower Tracker. Covina, California: Global Energy Monitor, May . ©, 2023. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023592028/.

APA citation style:

Global Energy Monitor, C. (2023) Global Hydropower Tracker. Covina, California: Global Energy Monitor, May . ©. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023592028/.

MLA citation style:

Global Energy Monitor, Cartographer. Global Hydropower Tracker. Covina, California: Global Energy Monitor, May . ©, 2023. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023592028/>.