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by danmaz74 3344 days ago
Not the OP, but usually hydro is excluded because it's "old renewable" and most potential sources have already been developed.
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Due to silting, most hydro isn't really renewable either iiuc. It's just looks that way for long enough that we tend to talk about it that way.
Reservoirs filling with silt may reduce storage which would turn the dam in to a run of river plant. Less control over when the electricity is made. Also reservoirs could be dredged out to allow the silt to continue its way downstream.