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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1976 The pairing of irrigation and h y d r o p o w e r in a discussion of progress in the hydrospheric sciences may seem an incongruity. In many ways the use o f water for irrigation or for the generation of electric power is in conflict, the first requiring seasonal use only and the latter a steady supply year around with only daily fluctuations to meet ...
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Nature CommunicationsAvoiding the most damaging land use and freshwater impacts of solar PV, wind, and hydropower development while halving carbon emissions by 2040 in the Southern Africa region is not only possible but incurs only modest (3-6%) system cost increases.
Grace C. Wu +9 more
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Water Resources Research, 2022 Hydropower dams have received increased global attention due to their detrimental socioenvironmental ramifications. Such attention has led to an increase in studies on the impacts of reservoir operation on river flow; however, a holistic understanding of
S. Chaudhari, Y. Pokhrel
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Chinese hydropower companies and environmental norms in countries of the global South: the involvement of Sinohydro in Ghana’s Bui Dam [PDF]
, 2012 The paper examines the role of environmental norms in Chinese overseas investment in hydropower dams, exemplified by Sinohydro’s involvement in the Bui Dam in Ghana.
Hensengerth, Oliver
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Research Overview of Hydropower Participation in Electricity Market
Zhongguo dianliHydropower has the advantages of convenient start and stop, fast climbing speed and strong adjustment ability. At the same time, China has the largest installed capacity of hydropower in the world with it being the second largest conventional energy in ...
Jiangwei LIU +5 more
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, 2020 Floating solar photovoltaics (FPV) is an emerging, and increasingly viable, application of photovoltaics (PV) in which systems are sited directly on waterbodies.
N. Lee +6 more
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Strategic planning of hydropower development: balancing benefits and socioenvironmental costs
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2022 Hydropower continues to expand globally as the power sector transitions away from carbon-intensive fossil fuels. New dam sites vary widely in the magnitude of their adverse effects on natural ecosystems and human livelihoods.
R. Almeida +11 more
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Low Carbon Technology in the Distribution Network [PDF]
, 2020 Tato práce pojednává o obecné informace o obnovitelných zdrojích energie a typech elektráren. Tato práce se soutředila na výrobu sluneční energie, a to také v případové studii modelu malé nízkonapěťové rozvodné sítě s připojenými fotovoltaickými ...
Mykhaylo Pluhin
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Energies, 2019 Hydropower is among the cleanest sources of energy. However, the rate of hydropower generation is profoundly affected by the inflow to the dam reservoirs.
Majid Dehghani +6 more
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Calculating Risk, Denying Uncertainty: Seismicity and Hydropower Development in Nepal [PDF]
, 2017 If Ulrich Beck’s definition of ‘risk society’ describes societies increasingly structured by preoccupations with future environmental threats and related insecurities created by modernization, then Nepal’s hydropower community would appear to ...
Butler, Christopher, Rest, Matthäus
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