Methodology for the large-scale assessment of small hydroelectric potential: Application to the Province of New Brunswick (Canada)

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2940-2950

  Cyr, Jean François ^a   Landry, Mathieu ^a   Gagnon, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric mapping; Hydroelectric power potential; Resource assessment; Small hydropower (SHP)

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE AREA; ENERGY SECTOR; HYDROELECTRIC MAPPING; HYDROELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; POTENTIAL SITES; REGRESSION MODEL; RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SMALL HYDRO POWER; STRAIGHT-FORWARD METHOD; STREAM SEGMENTS; STUDY AREAS;

ENERGY POLICY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PENSTOCKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYING;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESERVOIR; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SMALL SCALE HYDROPOWER; TERRITORY;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 79957818322     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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