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The power densities for hydroelectric dams range from as little as 0.4 watts per square meter (We/m2) on the flat Egypt desert to 56 We/m2 for tall dams in places like Switzerland. Larger dams are nearly ten times more landefficient than smaller dams, and dams that require larger reservoirs are less land-efficient than ones that require smaller ones. Vaclav Smil, Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016), 73. 120. Opponents at IRN claim that the Inga Dam’s reservoir would occupy an area of 22,000 hectares (220 km2). With a power of 39 GWe, this would mean a power density of 177 We/m2. “Grand Inga Hydroelectric Project: An Overview,” International Rivers, accessed February 1, 2020, https://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/grand-inga-hydroelectric-project-an-overview-3356.

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