Local lawmakers ask administration to reconsider site of Greenland’s sixth hydroelectric dam

Rather than powering an aluminium smelter as originally planned, the plant could provide clean, inexpensive energy to server farms.

By Kevin McGwin September 4, 2020
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Local lawmakers in Greenland’s Qeqqata region are calling on the government to consider construction of what would be the country’s sixth hydroelectric power plant in their area after lawmakers last year approved a plan that would expand the country’s hydroelectric capacity as it seeks meet a goal of generating all power delivered to homes from renewable sources by 2030.

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