hydropower production Articles
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Scales of justice in water governance: hydropower controversies in Switzerland
One significant challenge for the operationalization of water justice arises from the many dynamic scales involved. In this paper we explore the scalar dimension of justice in water governance through the insights derived from empirical research on hydropower production in the Swiss Alps and the application of the geographical concept of politics of scale. More specifically, we investigate how ...
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An assessment of reservoir filling policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Africa's largest hydropower facility is currently under construction on the main stem of the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is poised to facilitate regional development with a 63 billion cubic meter reservoir and 6,000 MW of power generating capacity. To date, however, no reservoir filling rate policy has been established. This policy will have ...
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Modeling future changes in the North-Estonian hydropower production by using SWAT
Climate change is altering temperature, precipitation, and other climatic parameters, affecting sectors dependent on water resources, e.g. energy production. The purpose of this study is to analyze the possible influences of climate change on hydropower potential in North Estonia. In Estonian run-of-river hydropower plants, energy comes mainly from water volume. Thus, changes in hydropower ...
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Renewable energy can benefit from a changing climate
A warmer and wetter climate may have positive feedback on renewable energy sources. Better conditions for hydropower and biomass energy can be expected. A new analysis has been performed by Nordic and Baltic researchers. The Nordic Council of Ministers has published a new report on the impacts of 21st century climate changes on the development and use of renewable energy in the Nordic and Baltic ...
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458 MWe Mobile Power Units - National Oil Company - Case Study
OWNER Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. LOCATION Venezuela, South America PRODUCT Titan 130 Mobile Power Units CUSTOMER VALUE 15 MW Blocks of Stable and Reliable Power In 2010, a severe drought in Venezuela threatened to severely curtail the production of hydroelectric power, which normally provides 65% of the country's electricity. The need for replacement power was intimidating: nearly a ...
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244 MWe Mobile Power Units - State Oil Company - Case Study
OWNER Corpoelec LOCATION Venezuela, South America PRODUCT Titan 130 Mobile Power Units CUSTOMER VALUE 15 MW Blocks of Stable and Reliable Power In 2010, a severe drought in Venezuela threatened to severely curtail the production of hydroelectric power, which normally provides 65% of the country's electricity. The need for replacement power was intimidating: nearly a gigawatt of continuous ...
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Implementation strategies and a cost/benefit comparison for compliance with an environmental flow regime in a Mediterranean river affected by hydropower
Compliance with the Water Framework Directive (WFD) of the European Union requires water managers to establish environmental flow regimes (EFR) in rivers across the continent. Few water agencies have examined the economic and social welfare impacts of implementing environmental flow requirements. We present the approach used by the Catalan Water Agency to calculate an EFR and estimate the ...
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Understanding water-society nexus: insights from Turkey's small-scale hydropower policy
Turkey's recent venture involving the construction of hundreds of small-scale hydropower projects is a significant trend, both in regard to its contribution to Turkey's hydroelectricity production and the social and environmental impact of these projects at the local level. Turkey's hydropower policy was premised on a conventional understanding of water driven by science, technology, and the ...
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Data Highlight: Hydropower Continues Steady Growth
World hydroelectric power generation has risen steadily by an average 3 percent annually since 1965. In 2011, at 3,500 billion kilowatt-hours, hydroelectricity accounted for roughly 16 percent of global electricity generation, almost all produced by the world’s 45,000-plus large dams. Graph on World Hydroelectric Generation, 1965-2011 Four countries dominate the hydropower landscape: ...
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Hydro Power. Power Integrator Power Pilot
The Power Pilot power integrator has been specifically designed for use in hydroelectric plants with off-grid installations. The Power Pilot has been designed to allow the delivery of power in typically critical load conditions for the hydroelectric power production unit only and to improve the quality of the power supply to the users. Dedicated to Off-Grid Installations Those who manage a ...
By IREM SpA
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Website offers global view of small hydroelectric projects
It is now easier to access reliable data on small hydropower projects globally following the launch of a website designed to promote this technology, says a UN body. The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Center on Small Hydro Power (ICSHP), a China-based, non-profit body that promotes this form of energy worldwide, launched the site last month (13 February). ...
By SciDev.Net
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Africa`s Hydropower Future
A gradual process of development has started yielding results for African hydropower, with a swathe of international hydro and associated power export projects under way or planned. It seems that Africa is becoming a more attractive place to invest in infrastructure development, but what has changed? It is well known that Africa has an abundance of hydropower resources, but it remains in ...
By HydroBox NV
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Silicon Powder Revolution: Powering the Future of Energy Storage - Case Study
The Challenge In the ever-evolving landscape of energy storage technology, the demand for efficient and sustainable solutions has intensified, prompting a significant shift in the materials utilized for lithium-ion batteries. Anode active materials (AAM) are generally made from carbon-based materials like graphite, silicon, or a combination of the two, with graphite having been the most used ...
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Forecasting monthly energy production of small hydropower plants in ungauged basins using grey model and improved seasonal index
A first-order one-variable grey model (GM(1,1)) is combined with improved seasonal index (ISI) to forecast monthly energy production for small hydropower plants (SHPs) in an ungauged basin, in which the ISI is used to weaken the seasonality of input data for the GM(1,1) model. The ISI is calculated by a hybrid model combining K-means clustering technique and ratio-to-moving-average method, ...
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How to make hydropower more environmentally friendly
Hydropower provides 85 percent of the world’s renewable electricity, but comes with a hefty environmental price tag. Here’s what some are doing to fix that. Humanity got its first large-scale electricity thanks to hydropower. On Aug. 26, 1895, water flowing over Niagara Falls was diverted to spin two generators, producing electricity to manufacture aluminum and carborundum. Since ...
By Ensia
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