Worsening water shortages across the region caused in part by the sanmenxia and other ill-advised hydropower and water transfer projects have stoked land disputes .
For comparison , brazil , the united states and canada have each built between 75 and 85 gigawatts of hydropower capacity in their entire history .
相比之下,巴西、美国和加拿大三国在各自整个历史上建设的水电站容量仅为75到85兆瓦。
More dams could help plug the energy shortfall : india 's hydropower potential is estimated to be four times its current production of 39 gigawatts .
更多的水坝有助于填补能源短缺:印度的水电潜力估计达到39吉瓦,是目前生产量的四倍。
Last december , about 30 villagers gathered to protest against the appropriation of their land for a hydropower station without adequate compensation .
去年12月,大约30名村民聚集到一起,抗议在未给予足够补偿的情况下,占用他们的土地来修建水电站。
Scientists are still divided over how to quantify these side effects , but most acknowledge that hydropower is not as eco-friendly as it might appear .
科学家对怎样定量这些副作用也存在分歧,但是大多数承认,水电站并不会像它看上去的那样环保。
Hydropower production has also fallen with water levels .