可以理解,水力发电对中国政府颇具吸引力。水电是清洁能源,其所依靠的技术经过长期验证,运营和维护成本较低。与风能和太阳能不同的是,它对天气的依赖程度较低,可以随时发电满足需求。但无论北京还要打算再建多少座大坝,由于中国的能源需求如此之大,以致其可能无法凭借一己之力满足全部需求。此外,中国政府决心确保新建大坝不对国内环境和周边社区造成负面影响,上述担忧情绪 Understandably, hydroelectric power is attractive to the Chinese government. Hydropower is a clean energy source, and the technology it relies on has long been validated to provide lower operating and maintenance costs. Unlike wind and solar energy, it is less dependent on the weather and can generate electricity at any time to meet demand. But no matter how many dams Beijing plans to build, China’s energy demand may not be large enough to meet all its needs on its own. In addition, the Chinese government is determined to ensure that the new dam will not have a negative impact on the domestic environment and the surrounding communities. These fears