A GIS-based assessment of maximum potential hydropower production in La Plata basin under global changes

Renewable Energy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-114

  Palomino Cuya, Daly Grace ^a   Brandimarte, Luigia ^a   Popescu, Ioana ^a   Alterach, Julio ^b   Peviani, Maximo ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b RSE Spa Research on Energy System   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electricity demand; La Plata basin; Large scale basins; Maximum potential hydropower; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL; LA PLATA BASIN; LARGE SCALE BASINS; LOW COSTS; MAXIMUM POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER; PARAGUAY; POPULATION GROWTH; URUGUAY;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EXPLOITATION; GIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; POPULATION GROWTH; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84863832360     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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