“…Renewable energy sources including hydroenergy provide economic growth and climate change mitigation (Bilan et al, 2019; Lyeonov, Pimonenko, Bilan, Štreimikienė, & Mentel, 2019; Simionescu, Bilan, Krajňáková, Streimikiene, & Gędek, 2019; Vasylieva, Lyulyov, Bilan, & Streimikiene, 2019) and have positive impact on innovation, entrepreneurship and competitiveness of the regions (Blazejczak, Braun, Edler, & Schill, 2014; Dudin, Frolova, Protopopova, Mamedov, & Odintsov, 2019; Lavrinenko, Ignatjeva, Ohotina, Rybalkin, & Lazdans, 2019; Lisin, Kurdiukova, & Ketoeva, 2018; Rogalev, Komarov, Kindra, & Zlyvk, 2018; Tolstolesova, Yumanova, Mazikova, Glukhikh, & Vorobieva, 2019).…”