Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana
- Large dams affect upstream and downstream ecosystems and livelihoods - Dam reoperation can in principle reintroduce a near natural flow regime while increasing overall annual hydropower production but it requires significant adjustments elsewhere to cope with the seasonal variability in energy su...
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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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| author | Mul, Marloes L. |
| author_browse | Mul, Marloes L. |
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| description | - Large dams affect upstream and downstream ecosystems and livelihoods
- Dam reoperation can in principle reintroduce a near natural flow regime while increasing overall annual hydropower production but it requires significant adjustments elsewhere to cope with the seasonal variability in energy supply
- The feasibility of reoperating a dam is therefore dependent on a balance of trade-offs between technical, economic and social benefits and challenges
- For the Akosombo and Kpong dams, reoperation is not economically and socially feasible, it is therefore more cost effective to focus instead on improving alternative livelihood sources |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2017 |
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| spelling | CGSpace882342023-03-14T08:30:28Z Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana Mul, Marloes L. - Large dams affect upstream and downstream ecosystems and livelihoods - Dam reoperation can in principle reintroduce a near natural flow regime while increasing overall annual hydropower production but it requires significant adjustments elsewhere to cope with the seasonal variability in energy supply - The feasibility of reoperating a dam is therefore dependent on a balance of trade-offs between technical, economic and social benefits and challenges - For the Akosombo and Kpong dams, reoperation is not economically and socially feasible, it is therefore more cost effective to focus instead on improving alternative livelihood sources 2017 2017-10-10T14:19:20Z 2017-10-10T14:19:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88234 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems Mul, M.L. 2017. Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 4p. (WLE Briefing Series No. 17) |
| spellingShingle | Mul, Marloes L. Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana |
| title | Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana |
| title_full | Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana |
| title_short | Re-operating large dams to benefit all -- experiences from Akosombo and Kpong dams in Ghana |
| title_sort | re operating large dams to benefit all experiences from akosombo and kpong dams in ghana |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88234 |
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