Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower: The state of research in 1996

Energy Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Gagnon, Luc ^a   Van De Vate, Joop F ^b  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; Hydropower; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 0030833385     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4215(96)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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