Dam removal is becoming an increasingly common tool to restore rivers. What would it take to replace lost electricity from removed hydroelectric dams with solar power?
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Duda, J.J. Replacing hydropower with solar. Nat Sustain 2, 795–796 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0372-5
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