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SWOT Analysis of the Benefits of Hydropower Energy in Four Archipelagos

Civil Engineering Journal
Increasing energy production through renewable sources is a challenge for islands. This paper investigates the potential of hydropower as a renewable energy source for islands in the Macaronesia region, which includes the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands,
Noelia Cruz‐Pérez, Joselin S. Rodríguez-Alcántara, Vasiliki L. P. Koronaiou, Anja Jančula, J. Rodríguez-Martín, A. García-Gil, J. Fontes, J. C. Santamarta   +7 more
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Evaluation of the risk and benefit of the complementary operation of the large wind-photovoltaic-hydropower system considering forecast uncertainty

, 2021
The complementary operation of wind, photovoltaic and hydropower systems has the potential to increase the integration of renewable energy sources into an existing grid.
Q. Tan, X. Wen, Yuanliang Sun, Xiao Lei, Zhenni Wang, G. Qin   +5 more
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Hydropower dams of the Mekong River basin: A review of their hydrological impacts

Journal of Hydrology, 2019
Hydropower production is altering the Mekong River basin’s riverine ecosystems, which contain the world’s largest inland fishery and provide food security and livelihoods to millions of people.
J. Hecht, G. Lacombe, M. Arias, Thanh Duc Dang, T. Piman   +4 more
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Floating photovoltaic plants: Ecological impacts versus hydropower operation flexibility

Energy Conversion and Management, 2020
Floating photovoltaic power plants are a quickly growing technology in which the solar modules float on water bodies instead of being mounted on the ground. This provides an advantage, especially in regions with limited space. Floating modules have other
Jannik Haas, J. Khalighi, A. D. L. Fuente, S. Gerbersdorf, Wolfgang Nowak, P. Chen   +5 more
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Optimal power peak shaving using hydropower to complement wind and solar power uncertainty

, 2020
Booming renewable energy development, such as wind and solar power, with their intermittency and uncertainty characteristics, pose challenges for power grid dispatching, especially for power grid peak shaving.
Benxi Liu, J. Lund, Shengli Liao, Xiaoyu Jin, Lingjun Liu, Chun-tian Cheng   +5 more
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Influence of hydrologically based environmental flow methods on flow alteration and energy production in a run-of-river hydropower plant

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019
Increasing demand for renewable energy has led to a massive expansion of the small-scale hydropower plants and particularly those of run-of-river type. Meanwhile, the awareness concerning river conservation and restoration is being continually increasing.
Alban Kuriqi, A. Pinheiro, Á. Sordo-Ward, L. Garrote   +3 more
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Climate change impacts on Three Gorges Reservoir impoundment and hydropower generation

, 2020
Climate change is expected to alter regional hydrological regimes, affecting the operation and performance of reservoirs and hydropower facilities. This study examines the impacts of climate change on the performance of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR ...
P. Qin, Hongmei Xu, Min Liu, Liangmin Du, C. Xiao, Lüliu Liu, Brian Tarroja   +6 more
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Coordinated operation of conventional hydropower plants as hybrid pumped storage hydropower with wind and photovoltaic plants

Energy Conversion and Management, 2023
Zhenni Wang, Guohua Fang, X. Wen, Q. Tan, Ping Zhang, Zhehua Liu   +5 more
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High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

Nature Geoscience, 2022
Dongfeng Li, Xixi Lu, D. Walling, Ting Zhang, J. Steiner, R. Wasson, S. Harrison, Santosh Nepal, Y. Nie, W. Immerzeel, D. Shugar, M. Koppes, S. Lane, Zhenzhong Zeng, Xiaofei Sun, A. Yegorov, T. Bolch   +16 more
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Untangling global levelised cost of electricity based on multi-factor learning curve for renewable energy: Wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower and bioenergy

, 2020
Renewable energy offers a less expensive source of electricity globally for the energy sector’s transformation towards a sustainable energy system.
Yue Yao, Jin-hua Xu, Delong Sun
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