Hydroelektrische Projektionen: Eine Emotionsgeschichte der Wasserkraft im Industriefilm
Excerpt from RCC alumnus Fabian Zimmer’s book Hydroelektrische Projektionen.
Excerpt from RCC alumnus Fabian Zimmer’s book Hydroelektrische Projektionen.
In 1929, the Kondopoga hydroelectric power station was built and resulted in the damming of Lake Girvas and the diversion of the Suna River. This transformation of landscape resulted in the near loss of one of Russia’s foremost nature sites: the Kivach waterfall.
This article explores the history and effects of the (hydro)electrification of the Ashio Copper Mine.
Ismaning Reservoir: A Wastewater Lake changes its Feathers? At the Ismaning Reservoir, approximately an hour by bike northeast of Marienplatz, the interplay between humans and nature is evident. It is not possible to swim in the lake. But it does more than just store water for Munich’s power generation facilities. It also provides a habitat for many species.
Munich and the Isar: The City Makes the River?
In this chapter of the virtual exhibition “Energy Transitions,” historian Nuno Luís Madureira discusses the drivers of future transitions in the light of past ones.
Using Yung Chang’s 2007 documentary film Up the Yangtze, Weik von Mossner unravels the power struggles accompanying the construction of the world’s largest hydroelectric power plant—the Three Gorges Dam in China.