Share of hydropower fleet over 30 years old
RecordSTO-A8J8M38TDP-XAEH3J29NH-GS2P0Y
Latin America and the Caribbean · as of 24 Jun 2026
Share of hydropower fleet over 30 years old in Latin America and the Caribbean was more than 50% as of 24 June 2026 (IHA).
Share of hydropower fleet over 30 years old: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IHA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Africa delivers strong conventional hydropower growth
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Modernisation and digitalisation of ageing infrastructure are becoming central priorities, with more than half of South America’s hydropower fleet now over 30 years old.
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APA
International Hydropower Association. (2026). World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A8J8M38TDPXAEH3J29NHGS2P0Y
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2026, https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A8J8M38TDPXAEH3J29NHGS2P0Y.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2026. https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A8J8M38TDPXAEH3J29NHGS2P0Y.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2026sharegs2p0y, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_A8J8M38TDPXAEH3J29NHGS2P0Y}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Africa delivers strong conventional hydropower growth
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_A8J8M38TDPXAEH3J29NHGS2P0Y