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A Balanced Energy Plan for the Interior West [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Describes a Balanced Energy Plan for the Interior West region of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
Bruce Driver   +4 more
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Feeding ecology of an Amazonian electric knifefish under altered flood‐pulse dynamics caused by hydroelectric damming

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study evaluated the effects of the controlled flood pulse on diet composition, trophic niche breadth and feeding intensity of Archolaemus janeae, an electric knifefish species with a restricted distribution in the Amazon Basin. Monthly samples were collected from December 2020 to November 2021 in the Volta Grande stretch of the Xingu ...
Ana F. V. N. M. Costa   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Безгребельна електростанція з секціонованим колесом з лопатями [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Розроблюваний об'єкт належить до гідроенергетики, зокрема, до пристроїв перетворення енергії самопливного потоку (річкової та морської течії) в електричну енергію.У статті розглядається модернізація безгребельної гідроелектростанції з лопатевим колесом ...
Вознюк, Тарас Анатолійович   +3 more
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A Hundred Thousand Darlingtons: Self‐Respect, Moral Judgement, and the Right to an Equal Democratic Say

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I defend the non‐instrumentalist thesis that every adult member of a political society has a pro tanto fundamental moral right to an equal democratic say in determining the content of the laws to which she is subject. I begin by giving an account of an important kind of servility that has received only glancing notice in philosophical ...
Shruta Swarup
wiley   +1 more source

Greening development finance in the Americas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This repository item contains a report from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S.
Gallagher, Kevin P., Yuan, Fei
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The Five‐Thread Model & Academic Policy Entrepreneurs: From the White Australia Policy to Multicultural Australia

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non‐whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of the major political parties, which had long supported the White Australia Policy. This article is a rare empirical demonstration of the Five‐Thread
Julius C. S. Mok
wiley   +1 more source

From credits to coherence: Applying the policy coherence approach to prevent problem‐shifting in the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract Carbon crediting mechanisms can deliver cost‐effective climate mitigation but risk ‘problem‐shifting’ by worsening environmental harms such as biodiversity loss and water pollution. This article assesses whether the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) is better equipped than the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to prevent such trade ...
Tomilola Akanle
wiley   +1 more source

On the Economics of Ramping Rate Restrictions at Hydro Power Plants: Balancing Profitability and Environmental Costs [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the impact of ramping rate restrictions imposed on hydro operations to protect aquatic ecosystems. A dynamic optimization model of the profit maximizing decisions of a hydro operator is solved for various restrictions on water flow ...
Margaret Insley, Shilei Niu
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The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Weather variability and shocks pose significant challenges for tropical developing countries, making it crucial to understand their effects on consumption to address the existing deficiencies among the most vulnerable groups. This study examines the impact of weather variability and shocks on household consumption in Panama, utilizing repeated
Ambar Lineth Chavez Espinosa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydroelectric Power Plants and Their Sustainability

open access: yes
Hydropower is the oldest source of renewable mechanical power and largest source of renewable electricity globally accounting for close to 17% of global electricity generation although its share of contribution has been diminishing gradually. Hydropower generation is a mature, reliable, predictable, and socially and economically competitive with high ...
Moses Jeremiah Barasa Kabeyi   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

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