Sustainability of hydropower as source of renewable and clean energy

• Main Authors: Luis J., Sidek L.M., Desa M.N.M., Julien P.Y.
• 其他作者: 55812209200
• 格式: Conference paper
• 出版: Institute of Physics Publishing 2023
• 主題: Catchments; Electric power generation; Environmental impact; Floods; Greenhouse gases; Hydroelectric power; Losses; Sustainable development; Consumer demands; Contributing factor; Drainage density; Hydroelectric energy; Hydropower reservoirs; Rapid urbanizations; Renewable energies; Sediment deposition; cost-benefit analysis; deposition; environmental impact; flooding; hydroelectric power; national economy; siltation; water storage; Reservoirs (water)

Hydroelectric energy has been in recent times placed as an important future source of renewable and clean energy. The advantage of hydropower as a renewable energy is that it produces negligible amounts of greenhouse gases, it stores large amounts of electricity at low cost and it can be adjusted to...