The Legal-Political Barriers to Ramping up Hydro

18 Pages Posted: 10 Dec 2012 Last revised: 12 Dec 2012

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A. Dan Tarlock

Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology

Date Written: December 10, 2012

Abstract

Hydroelectric energy is the oldest major source of non-carbon, renewable energy and is the only conventional renewable resource in the current energy mix. More importantly, hydroelectric energy is a relatively climate friendly, non-carbon source of energy. Thus, increased generation of blue-green energy would seem a logical component of any policy designed to help wean the United States from its growing dependence on politically unstable hydrocarbon sources and to help mitigate global climate change. For example, increased hydroelectric generation has been identified as a source of emission credits for coal CO2 emissions because hydro does not produce significant greenhouse gases.

Keywords: hydroelectric energy, renewable energy, non-carbon, blue-green energy, climate, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gases

JEL Classification: K32

Suggested Citation

Tarlock, A. Dan, The Legal-Political Barriers to Ramping up Hydro (December 10, 2012). 86 Chicago-Kent Law Review 259 (2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2187550

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