How the Aswan Dam damaged the environment despite generating renewable energy

Egypt’s Aswan Dam is one example of just how much these types of structures can damage the environment. Although it keeps the Nile flood in check and produces renewable energy, the High Dam in Aswan has actually aided in the erosion of agricultural land and decline of land fertility in the Delta, since it has stopped the Nile River from carrying soil nutrients upstream, Penn State energy engineering professor Jeffrey Brownson tells AccuWeather.