hydropower reservoir News
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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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Methane From Dams: Greenhouse Gas to Power Source
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil (ENS) - Scientists from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, INPE, have published a new study showing that large dams contribute to global warming by releasing the greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere. The authors propose capturing the methane and using it to generate electricity. Dr. Ivan Lima and his colleagues used a theoretical model, bootstrap ...
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BNEF Report: New Forms of Flexibility Key to an Affordable, Renewables-Led Power System
Flexible energy options, such as energy storage, smart-charging electric vehicles, demand response and interconnectors, are needed to ensure that the energy transition proceeds on an optimal path. Our expensive power system would otherwise be reliant on fossil-fueled backup and installing excess wind and solar capacity.The four types of flexibility mentioned above can accelerate the transition to ...
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Researchers to test a solar farm at sea
The sun shines just as much out at sea as it does on land. There are also no restrictions on area use and seawater even helps to cool the solar panel technology. It’s only a matter of time before the first floating solar energy farms are installed at sea. A floating solar farm: This model is equipped with sensors that gather wave information and data on both the movement of, and ...
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Reshaping The Renewable Energy Landscape With “Floatovoltaics”
Colocation is a growing trend within the energy industry. A recent study from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggested that installing floating solar arrays on US hydroelectric plant reservoirs could become an important new source of electricity.Download this SmartFocus to learn:- Advantages to both generation systems - Tools to assure smooth operations and maintenance - US and ...
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Combined energy and water system could provide for millions
Original story at MIT News Many highly populated coastal regions around the globe suffer from severe drought conditions. In an effort to deliver fresh water to these regions, while also considering how to produce the water efficiently using clean-energy resources, a team of researchers from MIT and the University of Hawaii has created a detailed analysis of a symbiotic system that combines a ...
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ORNL scientists generate landmark DOE hydropower report
For the first time, industry and policymakers have a comprehensive report detailing the U.S. hydropower fleet’s 2,198 plants that provide about 7 percent of the nation’s electricity. The 98-page report by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Rocio Uria-Martinez, Patrick O’Connor and Megan Johnson is a resource that describes key features of ...
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IEA review of Swiss energy policies highlights challenge of meeting carbon and nuclear phase-out objectives
Switzerland faces challenges as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2020 while phasing out nuclear power, according to a review of Switzerland's energy policies published today by the International Energy Agency<http://www.iea.org/> (IEA). Though it applauds Swiss electricity market reforms and high levels of oil and gas security, the report, Energy Policies of IEA ...
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Potential of renewable energy outlined - Report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change
Editor's Note:For years I've been asking myself why do we as a people (as in the government is us) invest major amounts in non-renewable, polluting, climate changing energy technologies while leaving table scraps for research and implementation of renewables? The answer, of course, is that unfortunately our government is not our government, not a government of the people, but a government of the ...
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