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Re:Global Warming: For the record by DaniFong on Saturday March 06, 2010 @08:25PM (#1172668)
It's 19% of worldwide electricity generation.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/wuhy.html

Furthermore, hydropower may be throttled up and down, such that the combination of hydro + wind and solar can hit penetrations near 50% before more energy storage is needed.

Also, wind power is less expensive on a kwhr delivered basis than coal. http://www.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Ia.html

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