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Assessment of floating solar photovoltaics potential in existing hydropower reservoirs in Africa
Renewable Energy, 2021 Africa is characterised by a very high solar potential, with a yearly sum of solar irradiation exceeding 2000 kWh/m2. Many African countries are heavily dependent on hydropower, however, increasingly frequent droughts have been severely affecting ...
R. Gonzalez Sanchez +4 more
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China’s Hydropower Resources and Development
Sustainability, 2023 Hydroenergy is developed due to its low-cost and near-zero pollution emission properties; therefore, the efficient management of hydroenergy is an important goal of sustainable development for any nation, especially for China, since it owns the most ...
Ling Xiao +3 more
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China’s rising hydropower demand challenges water sector [PDF]
, 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
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Energies, 2023 Hydropower is the most prevalent source of renewable energy production worldwide. As the global demand for robust and ecologically sustainable energy production increases, developing and enhancing the current energy production processes is essential.
Yoan Villeneuve +2 more
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Shui kexue jinzhan, 2020 Climate change has intensified the conflict between economic and ecological water demands, and brought challenges to the ecological operation of hydropower plants.
Xiaohong CHEN, Ruida ZHONG
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Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Global Hydropower
Energies, 2012 Currently, hydropower accounts for close to 16% of the world’s total power supply and is the world’s most dominant (86%) source of renewable electrical energy. The key resource for hydropower generation is runoff, which is dependent on precipitation. The
Aanund Killingtveit, Byman Hamududu
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The blue water footprint of electricity from hydropower [PDF]
, 2012 Hydropower accounts for about 16% of the world's electricity supply. It has been debated whether hydroelectric generation is merely an in-stream water user or whether it also consumes water.
Hoekstra, A.Y., Mekonnen, M.M.
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Small hydropower in Southern Africa – an overview of five countries in the region
Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2017 This paper looks at the status of small hydropower in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. For each country, an overview will be given of the electricity sector and the role of hydropower, the potential for small hydropower and the ...
Qim Jonker Klunne
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Optimal energy portfolio method for regulable hydropower plants under the spot market
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 The energy allocation method for regulable hydropower plants under the spot market significantly impacts their income. The available studies generally draw on the Conditional Value-at-Risk (CVaR) approach, which typically assumes a fixed risk aversion ...
Guanpeng Lu +4 more
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019 Hydropower has come to be treated as synonymous with sustainable economic development by many in the development arena. This is despite the adverse ecological and sociological impacts being widely recognised by those outside of decision-making. The prevalence of this 'hydropower myth' simplifies the complex trade-offs involved within hydropower ...
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