This is a critical shortcoming with regards to an ecosystem services dimension in our results. Further research should focus on including the quality of the areas affected by the energy projects, including related infrastructure, ensuring a consistent and fair mapping between technologies, and also including a larger set of parameters describing the quality of the energy services provided. As a regulated and reliable supply of energy has a higher value to society, our simple comparison based on similar volumes of energy based on annual production does not take into account the benefits of reservoir-based hydropower.