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Monthly hydropower generation data for Western Canada to support Western-US interconnect power system studies [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
Hydroelectric power generation in Western Canada significantly contributes to power grid operations of the North American Western Interconnection through substantial generation, some of which is exported to the United States (U.S.).
Youngjun Son   +3 more
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Global dataset combining open-source hydropower plant and reservoir data [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
Hydropower is a crucial renewable source that depends heavily on water availability. Analyzing drought and climate change impacts on hydropower potential requires detailed data on both hydropower plant attributes (e.g.
Jignesh Shah   +3 more
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The climate and land-use changes impact on water availability for hydropower plants in Indonesia

open access: yesEnergy Strategy Reviews, 2023
Hydropower plants will dominate the Indonesian power sector to achieve the national renewable energy target. Sulawesi, one of the islands in Indonesia, has the largest hydropower potential and is expected to be the most extensive system for developing ...
Dwi Novitasari   +4 more
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Development of evaluation framework for the selection of run-of-river hydropower potential sites to be included in the Zambian Hydropower Atlas

open access: yesJournal of Water and Climate Change, 2022
Hydropower is a source of renewable energy, which provides clean electricity around the world with lower greenhouse gas emissions than other sources of energy. Zambia's electricity deficit has been increasing in recent years. As of 2019, over 1.9 million
Frank Mudenda   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal analysis of hydropower projects with terrestrial environmentally sensitive areas of Nepal

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges, 2022
Hydropower project construction is increasing, which can affect the terrestrial environment. Hydropower projects located in environmentally sensitive areas have higher environmental impacts, so we analyzed the spatiotemporal interaction between ...
Hemant R Ghimire, Sunita Phuyal
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Long-term basin-scale hydropower expansion under alternative scenarios in a global multisector model

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2022
Hydropower is an important source of renewable, low-carbon energy. Global and regional energy systems, including hydropower, may evolve in a variety of ways under different scenarios.
Ying Zhang   +5 more
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Preliminary study on the exploitation plan of the mega hydropower base in the lower reaches of Congo River

open access: yesGlobal Energy Interconnection, 2020
There have been few studies on the hydropower exploitation plan for sections beyond the Inga hydropower project (HPP) in the lower reaches of the Congo River.
Chuanyu Deng, Fulong Song, Zhengxi Chen
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Impacts of climate change on subannual hydropower generation: a multi-model assessment of the United States federal hydropower plant

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2023
Hydropower is a low-carbon emission renewable energy source that provides competitive and flexible electricity generation and is essential to the evolving power grid in the context of decarbonization.
Tian Zhou   +4 more
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The Economic Performance of Hydropower Dams Supported by the World Bank Group, 1975–2015

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower dams are among the main sources for producing electricity and the largest renewable source for power generation throughout the world ...
Saule Baurzhan   +2 more
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Environmental compliance of hydropower projects in Nepal

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges, 2021
The construction of hydropower projects is proliferating, and environmental studies are conducted to make them more environmental-friendly. As properly managed hydropower projects have minimal environmental impacts, the environmental compliance of the ...
Hemant R Ghimire   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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