What happens when a dependable source of clean, renewable energy becomes unreliable? Hydroelectric executives and hydrologists are assessing hydropower’s long-term feasibility in Europe, according to a Reuters report . Generating potential is expected to fall, especially in the Mediterranean, due to increased variability in glacial runoff, the report states. Europe currently gets 20 percent of its electricity from hydropower. The Swiss Alps, like the Himalayas, are continental water towe

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Melting Glaciers Changing Europe’s Energy Outlook