Hydropower - A green energy? Tropical reservoirs and greenhouse gas emissions

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 726-734

  Gunkel, Günter ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CH4; CO2; Dams; Energy density; Eutrophication; Global warming potential; Greenhouse gases; Oligotrophication; Reservoirs

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM; EMISSION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; METHANE; RESERVOIR;

FRENCH GUIANA; PETIT SAUT RESERVOIR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349588020     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900062     Document Type: Article

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