Integrating Economic and Ecological Benchmarking for a Sustainable Development of Hydropower

Integrating Economic and Ecological Benchmarking for a Sustainable Development of Hydropower

Hydropower reservoirs play an increasingly important role for the global electricity supply. Reservoirs are anthropogenically-dominated ecosystems because hydropower operations induce artificial water level fluctuations (WLF) that exceed natural fluctuations in frequency and amplitude. These WLF hav...

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Main Authors: Philipp Emanuel Hirsch, Moritz Schillinger, Katharina Appoloni, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm, Hannes Weigt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-08-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
sustainable development goals
primary production
littoral zone
water level fluctuations
volatile renewable energies
energy transition
ecosystem function
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/9/875

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