Emergy analysis of a small hydropower plant in southwestern China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-88

  Zhang, Li Xiao ^a   Pang, Ming Yue ^a   Wang, Chang Bo ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergy analysis; Environmental performance; Small hydropower; Unstable operation

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LOADING; LOSSES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EMERGY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADING RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT; SMALL HYDRO POWER; SMALL HYDRO-POWER PLANTS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; UNSTABLE OPERATION;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL SCALE HYDROPOWER; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; HUBEI; KOREA; MEKONG RIVER; THAILAND; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 84888343686     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.037     Document Type: Article

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