Hydropower Modeling Articles
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Sustainable hydropower to advance climate action Sustainable hydropower can help governments to limit the impacts of cli
The year 2020 was supposed to be a milestone for climate action. It’s the five-year landmark of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the first test in countries’ willingness to strengthen their targets for climate action. Governments were expected to put forward more ambitious short-term plans for 2030, and long-term targets for 2050, to decarbonise economies and keep global ...
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Hydro modernisation in South America requires better financing and regulation
Sector consultation on hydropower modernisation in Latin America and the Caribbean has shown that, despite clear drivers for modernisation, more investment and regulatory support is urgently needed to encourage projects. The region is heavily dependent on hydropower, which is the main source of electricity in many countries. A recent IDB-IHA study on hydropower modernisation potential and ...
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Join a free webinar on Balkans Hydropower investment potential
Join free webinar on the investment potential of hydropower in the Balkans Learn more about the hydropower investment potential of Balkan countries, as well as industry development plant at the webinar held in the run up to the international Summit and Exhibition "Hydropower Balkans 2017". Register for the webinar: http://www.hydropowerbalkans.com/webinar-en/ At the webinar, you can ...
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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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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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Environmental impacts of integrating wind energy systems and supplemental energy generation and storage systems
Wind energy systems offer a promising alternative energy source due to the environmental, economic, and social benefits and, as a result, have garnered support for development and implementation. One of the major drawbacks of wind energy, however, is its variability due to the stochastic nature of wind, thus, supplemental energy generation or storage technologies are required. In this study, a ...
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Risk sharing in hydropower development: case study of the Chukha Hydel Project in Bhutan
The Himalayan rivers have an enormous hydropower potential that is still not exploited fully for the benefit of the region. Bhutan and Nepal together have an economically feasible potential of 60,000 MW of hydroelectric power generation capacity but are too weak financially to bear the risks associated with the development of their hydro resources alone. India is the only potential market for ...
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The potential impacts of climate change on hydropower generation in Mid Wales
Hydropower is a potential large source of electricity supply in Wales. The Upper River Severn in Mid Wales is a typical stream where a high head hydropower scheme could be developed and the river system at Plynlimon has some of the longest records for weather and flow in Wales. A micro-hydropower potential of 99 kW is demonstrated at Plynlimon and the potential impacts of climate change are ...
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Energy recovery potential using micro hydropower in water supply networks in the UK and Ireland
The supply and treatment of water is a highly energy intensive process, resulting in large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions as well as incurring large economic costs. Both governments and water service providers worldwide recognise the need for more sustainable water supply systems. In recent years, the use of hydropower turbines within water supply networks has been shown as a viable option ...
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The impacts of climate change on a Norwegian high-head hydropower system
Hydropower is the most important renewable energy source for electricity in Norway. However, it is the most vulnerable resource to climate change. Despite the importance of hydropower and its vulnerability to climate change, many studies have been mostly concerned with large-scale resources assessment. This study aims to address the climate change impacts on the scale of a single hydropower ...
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Hydropower ambitions of South Asian nations and China: Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers basins
This paper analyses the current status of hydropower development in two major rivers basins in South Asia, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. The total drainage area of the basins is about 1,660,000 km² shared by China, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. These two basins are blessed with ample water resources and huge hydropower potential. The abundant hydropower potential of these rivers basins ...
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Short-term hydro thermal generation scheduling using modified invasive weed optimisation algorithm
This paper presents a radical methodology to find the solution of optimal short-term hydrothermal generation scheduling problem using modified invasive weed optimisation algorithm (MIWOA). The hydrothermal system is highly non-linear and non-convex due to its constraints, making the optimal scheduling difficult. In this paper, a modified invasive weed optimisation algorithm with parallel ...
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Voltage source converter with a transformer as an electronic load controller for a stand-alone power generation
This paper presents a new configuration of a voltage and frequency controller for a stand alone pico hydro power generating system employing an Isolated Asynchronous Generator (IAG). The proposed controller is an Electronic Load Controller (ELC), which consists of a three leg IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Junction Transistor) based Voltage Source Converter (VSC), a DC chopper and an auxiliary load ...
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Grid integration of renewables in Egypt - Case Study
Integration of large Amounts of Renewable Electricity in the Egyptian Energy Grid - Capacity Building for Management and Engineer-Technical Level (Egypt-RE-Grid). The electricity sector of the Arab Republic of Egypt produces large amounts of electricity through thermal and hydroelectric power stations. Egypt has diminishing proven oil reserves and declining production. Natural gas production is ...
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VSC with zigzag transformer based electronic load controller for a stand-alone power generation
This paper presents a novel configuration of a voltage and frequency (VF) controller for a stand-alone pico hydro power generating system employing an asynchronous generator (IAG). The proposed VF controller is an electronic load controller (ELC), which consists of a three leg insulated gate bipolar junction transistor (IGBT) based voltage source converter (VSC), a DC chopper and an auxiliary ...
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Survey of Canadian Hydropower Potential
An in-depth survey of Canadian Hydropower potential 1. BUSINESS CHALLENGE Interest in hydropower as a renewable energy source is on the rise. As part of an ongoing strategy to promote hydropower as a viable energy source, the Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA) identified the need to obtain an upto-date and accurate picture of hydropower potential in Canada. In 2005, the CHA retained ÉEM to ...
By EEM Inc.
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