Drought has been one big reason for hydro's smaller contribution to dispatchable electricity this year.
Hydropower is, along with nuclear, the best of both worlds in terms of electricity. It is a zero-emission source of energy, and its output can be adjusted in response to demand—a dispatchable source. The problem It depends on the weather, and because of this dependence, hydropower managed to drag the total share of low-emission power generation down this year, and boosted gas. Dispatchability matters.
Yet what’s important is the balance between supply and demand. With electricity, there’s no space for a shortage because a shortage means blackouts, so the grid needs to be perfectly balanced at all times. Hydropower has been great at doing this because output at hydropower stations can be adjusted in the same way that output at gas and coal power plants can be adjusted, and at nuclear plants, too.
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