Economic and environmental analysis of micro hydropower system for rural power supply

PECon 2008 - 2008 IEEE 2nd International Power and Energy Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 441-444

  Kusakana, K ^a   Munda, J L ^a   Jimoh, A A ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Costeffectiveness; Environmental Impacts; Hybrid power system; Micro hydropower; Rural power supply

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); POWER TRANSMISSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS;

COSTEFFECTIVENESS; DIESEL GENERATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; GAS POLLUTANTS; HYBRID OPTIMIZATIONS; HYBRID POWER SYSTEM; HYDRO-POWER PLANTS; HYDRO-POWER SYSTEMS; MICRO HYDROPOWER; OFF GRIDS; POWER DEMANDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RURAL POWER SUPPLY; SYSTEM COMPONENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 63049098347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PECON.2008.4762516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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