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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

The transfer of energy technology : a case study of hydropower in Lesotho

open access: yes, 2003
Bibliography: leaves 81-85.This work investigates strategies for the transfer of energy technologies so as to develop the necessary capability for adapting and adopting such technologies in the recipient country using the transfer of hydropower ...
Ntlamelle, Moses H
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Small and Micro-Hydropower Plants Location by Using Geographic Information System

open access: yesProceedings, 2018
Small-scale hydropower plants (SHP), and in particular the micro-hydropower plants (MHP) and pico-hydropower plants (PHP), are considering as an alternative energy resource based on the hydroelectric potential available in urban water cycle because of ...
Eva Gómez-Llanos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing Water Resources in the Indus Basin: A Multi‐Model Budyko‐Based Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Budyko‐based analysis evaluates historical (1962–2005) and future hydroclimatic change across the Indus River Basin. Budyko shifts indicate rising atmospheric evaporative demand and increasing energy limitation under future scenarios. ABSTRACT Assessing hydroclimatic variability and future water availability is crucial for sustainable water‐resource ...
Muhammad Arif   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydropower plants

open access: yes, 2020
Osnovni zadatak ovog završnog rada je pregled podjele hidroelektrana prema načinu ostvarenja pada te prema položaju strojarnice. Na osnovi podjele prema načinu ostvarenja pada, opisane su pribranske akumulacijske i riječne protočne hidroelektrane koje ...
Petrić, Tina
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Importance of Variable Turbine Efficiency in Run‐Of‐River Hydropower Design Under Deep Uncertainty

open access: yesWater Resources Research
When less water is available, hydropower turbines are less efficient, or have to stop altogether. This reality is often neglected in recent work on the planning and operations of hydropower systems, despite widespread expected increases in drought ...
Veysel Yildiz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coupling Water Purification and Carbon Sequestration at Various Spatial Scales From Supply and Demand Perspective

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing ecosystem‐service supply and demand is central to understanding both the natural and social dimensions of ecosystem services and to enhancing human well‐beings. Concurrently, collaborative efforts are underway to improve multiple ecosystem services, including the promotion of carbon neutrality and water purification (WP) within basin
Jing Cheng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Hydropower Plants Work

open access: yes, 2009
Worldwide, hydropower plants produce about 24 percent of the world's electricity and supply more than 1 billion people with power. The world's hydropower plants output a combined total of 675,000 megawatts, the energy equivalent of 3.6 billion ...
Bonsor, Kevin
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Fish mortality at hydropower plants - Protection Measures and Solutions [PDF]

open access: yes
The construction and operation of hydropower plants for energy generation is a major issue in sustainable energy production. Nevertheless, hydropower plants have a negative impact on fish populations.
Müller, Hendrik
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