The costs of small-scale hydro power production: Impact on the development of existing potential

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2632-2638

  Aggidis, G A ^a   Luchinskaya, E ^a   Rothschild, R ^b   Howard, D C ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electro mechanical equipment cost; Hydro project cost; Small hydro plants; Turbine cost

Indexed keywords

COST DATA; COST ESTIMATE; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; HYDRO POWER; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDRO PROJECTS; SMALL HYDRO; SMALL HYDRO PLANTS; SMALL SCALE; SMALL SCALE DEVICES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBINE DESIGNS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TURBINES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TURBINE;

EID: 77954309482     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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