Assessing residual hydropower potential of the la Plata Basin accounting for future user demands

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2813-2823

  Popescu, I ^a   Brandimarte, L ^a   Perera, M S U ^a   Peviani, M ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b RSE Spa Research on Energy System   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL FLOW; ARGENTINA; AVAILABLE WATER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FUTURE ENERGIES; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROPOWER ENERGY; HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL; LA PLATA BASIN; PARAGUAY; POPULATION GROWTH; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SOURCES OF ENERGY; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY; USER DEMANDS;

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; POPULATION STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GIS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; ITALY; LA PLATA BASIN; PARAGUAY; URUGUAY;

EID: 84865234749     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2813-2012     Document Type: Article

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