These discussions include small-scale hydroelectric projects as well as solar and wind generators, the officials said.

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To get clean energy to them requires a decentralised approach using local resources such as wind power, solar energy or small hydroelectric projects.

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Hydroelectric projects fit in with the Chinese government's policy of helping regions that have so far benefited least from the Open Door policy of the last 12 years.

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In Brazil, for instance, multinational environmental NGOs like Amazon Watch, Greenpeace and the WWF have been seen at the forefront of movements to stall agribusiness and hydroelectric power projects.

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These include transmission networks as well as hydroelectric and thermal-power projects which needed clearances mainly from the environment ministry.

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Looking ahead on the next wave of infrastructural projects, we think that hydroelectric power looks very promising.

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Reservoir Capital, a hydroelectric company, had acquired some viable projects in Serbia, a country with great geology for hydroelectricity.

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For junior hydroelectric companies, these run-of-river projects are a less expensive, more efficient, and fish-friendlier way to get in on the energy game.

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