Harnessing 'water tower' into 'power tower': A small hydropower development study from an Indian prefecture in western Himalayas

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-101

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Katoch, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Challenges; Environment impact assessment (EIA); Initiatives; Policy; Private sector; Run of the river (ROR); Small hydropower projects (SHPs)

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; WATER TOWERS;

CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INITIATIVES; PRIVATE SECTORS; RUN OF THE RIVERS; SMALL HYDRO POWER;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84905279423     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.052     Document Type: Review

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