An overview of Australia's hydropower energy: Status and future prospects

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 565-569

  Bahadori, Alireza ^a   Zahedi, Gholamreza ^b   Zendehboudi, Sohrab ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Hydroelectricity; Hydropower; Sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUTURE PROSPECTS; HYDROELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYDROPOWER; HYDROPOWER ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84872728500     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.12.026     Document Type: Review

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