How to make hydro smaller (and better)

Hydropower is a major source of renewable and reliable electricity, but needs massive dams that come at a huge cost to the local environment, and nearby humans. A new generation of small-scale hydro is promising the same no-emissions energy, without the large-scale impact. We take a look at three contenders: the vortex power plant, the hydrokinetic turbine, and osmotic power. #PlanetA #Hydropower #SmallHydro Credits: Reporter: Lukas Lottersberger Video Editor: Markus Otto Mörtz Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Fact Check: Kirsten Funck Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 The Vortex Power Plant 03:12 The Power Buoy 05:34 Osmotic Power 09:30 Conclusion Read more: Study about the potential for hydrokinetic turbines in the Amazon: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148119306706#:~:text=Hydrokinetic%20energy%20is%20based%20on,studied%20for%20small%20river%20use. What osmotic power means for clean energy: https://www.renewableinstitute.org/japans-first-osmotic-power-plant-what-it-means-for-clean-energy/#:~:text=Japan's%20First%20Osmotic%20Power%20Plant,Energy%20%2D%20The%20Renewable%20Energy%20Institute More about the vortex power plant’s fish passability: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348917855_Warth_P_Wagner_F_Jahnel_C_Muller_N_Stamm_J_2020_Hydrodynamic_and_ethohydraulic_analysis_of_a_water_vortex_power_plant_for_assessment_of_fish_passability_In_W_Uijttewaal_M_J_Franca_D_Valero_V_Chavarria We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la...