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... electricity a year . According to two consultants employed by the Guatemalan government to prepare an " Electricity Masterplan " for the country , the gross energy potential of Guatemala's rivers - at 50 percent dis- charge - is 7,436 ...
... electricity a year . According to two consultants employed by the Guatemalan government to prepare an " Electricity Masterplan " for the country , the gross energy potential of Guatemala's rivers - at 50 percent dis- charge - is 7,436 ...
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... electricity in order to attract foreign investment in local energy - intensive industries ( such as aluminum smelting ) is another . As we have seen , dams provide extremely cheap - in the narrowest sense of the word - electricity ...
... electricity in order to attract foreign investment in local energy - intensive industries ( such as aluminum smelting ) is another . As we have seen , dams provide extremely cheap - in the narrowest sense of the word - electricity ...
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... electricity and a means of ex- porting its pollution problems . Subsequently , the chief nego- tiator for the Indonesian government was heard to admit that " Indonesia is not going to draw any major benefit from the project . " 11 THE ...
... electricity and a means of ex- porting its pollution problems . Subsequently , the chief nego- tiator for the Indonesian government was heard to admit that " Indonesia is not going to draw any major benefit from the project . " 11 THE ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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