Sixty seven percent of the earth’s surface is covered by water that has the force of currents, tides and waves which can be transferred as energy to supply many of the electrical grid systems in countries around the world.  The more traditional sources of energy, like coal and oil, are not only becoming more dangerous to extract but oil resources are depleting and can no longer meet the growing energy needs of the world while coal continues to pose greater safety risks for miners and their families and is environmentally destructive as mountain top mining destroys animal habitats and removes tons of trees that transfer CO2 to oxygen.  Both sources of fossil fuels are being found by a growing body of evidence that the green house  gases they emit are contributing to a rapid warming of the globe and fostering climate changes that threaten the planet’s ecosystems and their species.

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Hidropower Africa 2010 es un foro central que nos transportara hacia el mundo de las soluciones creativas en la planificación de la potencialidades y administración de los recursos para la industria hidroenergética de Africa.

Los paneles de discusión y los debates de apertura se focalizaran en las finanzas de los proyectos, desarrollo de la infraestructura y soluciones ingenieriles apropiadas para Africa, qu se encargaran de proveer energía eléctrica a los poblados, áreas rurales y comunidades urbanas.