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The context of REDD+ in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: drivers, agents and institutions [PDF]

, 2013
This report explores the drivers (both direct and indirect) of deforestation and forest degradation and discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Laos.
Castella, Jean-Christophe, Lestrelin, Guillaume, Pham Thu Thuy,, Phanvilay, Khamla, Thongmanivong, Sithong, Trockenbrodt, Michael, Vongvisouk, Thoumthone   +6 more
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Deploy diverse renewables to save tropical rivers. [PDF]

, 2019
A strategic mix of solar, wind and storage technologies around river basins would be safer and cheaper than building large dams, argue Rafael J. P.
Kammen, Daniel M, Kittner, Noah, Kondolf, G Mathias, Schmitt, Rafael JP   +3 more
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Trade-off and synergy analysis between hydropower generation and irrigation development in the Abbay River Basin, Ethiopia

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: Abbay River Basin, Ethiopia: Study Focus: This research focused on evaluating the trade-off and synergy between hydropower and irrigation under various development scenarios.
Andargachew Melke Alemu, Yilma Seleshi
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Evaluation of hydropower upgrade projects - a real options approach [PDF]

When evaluating whether to refurbish existing hydropower plants or invest in a new power plant, there are two important aspects to take into consideration. These are the capacity chosen for the production facilities and the timing of the investment. This
Elverhøi, Morten, Fleten, Stein-Erik, Fuss, Sabine, Heggedal, Ane Marte, Szolgayova, Jana, Troland, Ole Christian   +5 more
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The Economics of Wind Power with Energy Storage [PDF]

We develop a nonlinear mathematical optimization program for investigating the economic and environmental implications of wind penetration in electrical grids and evaluating how hydropower storage could be used to offset wind power intermittence.
G. Cornelis van Kooten, Lilianna Dragulescu, Pablo Benitez   +2 more
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Hydropower-induced land use change in Fincha's watershed, werstern Ethiopia: analysis and impacts [PDF]

, 2008
The present article analyzes the land use dynamics caused by hydropower dam construction in 1973 in the Fincha'a watershed (1318 km2), a tributary of the Blue Nile.
Bezuayehu, T.O., Sterk, G.
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Coordination of Hydropower Generation and Export Considering River Flow Evolution Process of Cascade Hydropower Systems

Energies
Focusing the over simplification of existing models in simulating river flow evolution process and lack of coordination of hydropower generation and export, this paper proposes a hydropower generation and export coordinated optimal operation model that ...
Pai Li, Hui Lu, Lu Nan, Jiayi Liu
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Dynamic simulation and assessment of the ecological benefits of hydropower as an alternative energy for thermal power under ecological civilization construction: A case study of Fujian, China

Energy Science & Engineering, 2020
As ecological civilization construction receives growing attention in China, the eco‐friendliness of the power supply structure is becoming increasingly important. Thermal power and hydropower are the two major power sources in China. Hydropower has both
Lihui Zhang, Jianxue Chai, Jinrong Zhu, Zhenli Zhao   +3 more
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Repositioning Chinese development finance in Latin America: opportunities for green finance [PDF]

, 2016
This repository item contains a policy brief 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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Assessing temporal complementarity between three variable energy sources by means of correlation and compromise programming

, 2019
Renewable energies are deployed worldwide to mitigate climate change and push power systems towards sustainability. However, the weather-dependent nature of renewable energy sources often hinders their integration to national grids.
Beluco, Alexandre, Canales, Fausto A., Jurasz, Jakub, Kies, Alexander   +3 more
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