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China’s rising hydropower demand challenges water sector [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Demand for hydropower is increasing, yet the water footprints (WFs) of reservoirs and hydropower, and their contributions to water scarcity, are poorly understood.
AY Hoekstra   +25 more
core   +3 more sources

Trans-regional transmission of large-scale hydropower: problems and solutions in receiving power grid

open access: yesGlobal Energy Interconnection, 2019
Large-capacity hydropower transmission from southwestern China to load centers via ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) or ultra-high voltage alternating current (UHVAC) transmission lines is an important measure of the accommodation of large-scale ...
Jianyu Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on development and utilization of hydropower in Myanmar

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
Hydropower contributes a lot to electricity generation. Myanmar has enormous potential for water resources which can guarantee domestic electricity supply and export surplus power to neighbouring countries.
Xiangyang Lei
doaj   +1 more source

Should we build more large dams? The actual costs of hydropower megaproject development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A brisk building boom of hydropower mega-dams is underway from China to Brazil. Whether benefits of new dams will outweigh costs remains unresolved despite contentious debates.
Ansar, Atif   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Modeling hydropower operations at the scale of a power grid: a demand-based approach [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences
Climate change and evolving water management practices may have a significant impact on hydropower generation. While hydrological models have been widely used to assess these effects, they often present some limitations.
L. Baratgin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A spatiotemporal atlas of hydropower in Africa for energy modelling purposes [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

open access: yesOpen Research Europe, 2021
The modelling of electricity systems with substantial shares of renewable resources, such as solar power, wind power and hydropower, requires datasets on renewable resource profiles with high spatiotemporal resolution to be made available to the energy ...
Albertine Devillers   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Will Hydroelectric Power Generation Develop under Climate Change Scenarios? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Climate change has a large impact on water resources and thus on hydropower. Hydroelectric power generation is closely linked to the regional hydrological situation of a watershed and reacts sensitively to changes in water quantity and seasonality.
Beniston   +16 more
core   +2 more sources

A spatiotemporal atlas of hydropower in Africa for energy modelling purposes [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

open access: yesOpen Research Europe, 2022
The modelling of electricity systems with substantial shares of renewable resources, such as solar power, wind power and hydropower, requires datasets on renewable resource profiles with high spatiotemporal resolution to be made available to the energy ...
Albertine Devillers   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new, more efficient waterwheel design for very-low-head hydropower schemes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Very-low-head hydropower constitutes a large untapped renewable energy source, estimated at 1 GW in the UK alone. A new type of low-impact waterwheel has been developed and tested at Abertay University in Scotland to improve the economic viability of ...
Carruthers, David Ross   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

TINJAUAN POTENSI TEKNIS DAN KELAYAKAN EKONOMI PLTA PADA PROYEK KERJA SAMA PEMERINTAH DENGAN BADAN USAHA BENDUNGAN MERANGIN

open access: yesJurnal Sumber Daya Air, 2021
One of the utilizations of a multipurpose dam that has socio-economic value during its operation iselectricity generation. The addition of a hydropower component to a PPP project is quite a challenge due to substantial uncertainty related to hydrological
Agustia Larasari, Jessica Sitorus, Moh. Bagus Wiratama Asad, Ary Firmana
doaj   +1 more source

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