Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland

About eight percent of Earth’s freshwater is located in Greenland. Theoretically, this would mean that Greenland has some of the greatest potential for hydropower in the whole world. However, nearly all its freshwater is permanently frozen.

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title Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland
title_short Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland
title_full Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland
title_fullStr Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland
title_full_unstemmed Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland : RCC Perspectives 2014, no. 5: Energy (and) Colonialism, Energy (In)Dependence: Africa, Europe, Greenland, North America: Hydropower: The Unlikely Economic Base for the Complete Sovereignty of Greenland
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