global cumulative capacity of hydropower stood at around 1.4 terawatts.
Over the last decade, the average installation cost for hydropower across the globe presented an overall increasing tendency, despite some oscillation. In 2021, hydroelectricity systems had an average installation cost of 2,135 U.S. dollars per kilowatt installed. That same year, the Average installation cost for hydropower worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt)
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Statistics on Hydropower industry worldwide
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Capacity
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- Premium Statistic Global hydropower installed capacity 2014-2021
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Production & consumption
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Industry & market
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- Number of hydropower dams in the U.S. by additional purpose 2014
- Global hydropower plants under construction by expected capacity 2015
- Public and private U.S. hydropower plants by ownership 2014
- Number of hydroelectric power plants in Italy 2022, by region
- Italy: number of hydroelectric power plants 2018, by capacity range
- Share of hydropower: U.S. energy generation by major state 2014-2016
- U.S. pumped storage hydropower capacity 2020, by state
- Global installed pumped storage hydropower capacity by region 2019
- Cumulative installed hydropower capacity in China through 2020
- Hydropower capacity in China 2019, by province
- Hydro power consumption in Finland 2007-2017
- Hydropower consumption in Spain 2010-2021
- Hydropower load factor in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2021
- Number of sites generating electricity from hydro in England 2016-2019, by region
- Turnover in the hydropower industry in Greece 2015-2017
- Power production breakdown in Switzerland 2021, by source
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- Global hydropower plants under construction by expected capacity 2015
- Public and private U.S. hydropower plants by ownership 2014
- Number of hydroelectric power plants in Italy 2022, by region
- Italy: number of hydroelectric power plants 2018, by capacity range
- Share of hydropower: U.S. energy generation by major state 2014-2016
- U.S. pumped storage hydropower capacity 2020, by state
- Global installed pumped storage hydropower capacity by region 2019
- Cumulative installed hydropower capacity in China through 2020
- Hydropower capacity in China 2019, by province
- Hydro power consumption in Finland 2007-2017
- Hydropower consumption in Spain 2010-2021
- Hydropower load factor in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2021
- Number of sites generating electricity from hydro in England 2016-2019, by region
- Turnover in the hydropower industry in Greece 2015-2017
- Power production breakdown in Switzerland 2021, by source
- Power production breakdown in Tajikistan 2021, by source
IRENA. (July 29, 2022). Average installation cost for hydropower worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/799341/global-hydropower-installation-cost/
IRENA. "Average installation cost for hydropower worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt)." Chart. July 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/799341/global-hydropower-installation-cost/
IRENA. (2022). Average installation cost for hydropower worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/799341/global-hydropower-installation-cost/
IRENA. "Average Installation Cost for Hydropower Worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. Dollars per Kilowatt)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/799341/global-hydropower-installation-cost/
IRENA, Average installation cost for hydropower worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/799341/global-hydropower-installation-cost/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Average installation cost for hydropower worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per kilowatt) [Graph], IRENA, July 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/799341/global-hydropower-installation-cost/