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Replacing hydropower with solar

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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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Fig. 1: A former reservoir reverted to a vegetated, dynamic river ecosystem following dam removal on the Elwha River, Washington state, USA.

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