Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development

Hydropower plays an important role as the global energy system moves towards a less carbon-intensive and sustainable future as promoted under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article provides a systematic review of the impacts from policy, climate change and Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) n...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Xiao, Li, Hong-Yi, Deng, Zhiqun Daniel, Ringler, Claudia, Gao, Yang, Hejazi, Mohamad I., Leung, L. Ruby.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99274
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author Zhang, Xiao
Li, Hong-Yi
Deng, Zhiqun Daniel
Ringler, Claudia
Gao, Yang
Hejazi, Mohamad I.
Leung, L. Ruby.
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Gao, Yang
Hejazi, Mohamad I.
Leung, L. Ruby.
Li, Hong-Yi
Ringler, Claudia
Zhang, Xiao
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Li, Hong-Yi
Deng, Zhiqun Daniel
Ringler, Claudia
Gao, Yang
Hejazi, Mohamad I.
Leung, L. Ruby.
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description Hydropower plays an important role as the global energy system moves towards a less carbon-intensive and sustainable future as promoted under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article provides a systematic review of the impacts from policy, climate change and Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) nexus on hydropower development at global scale. Asia, Africa and Latin America are hotspots promoting hydropower development with capacity expansion, while Europe and North America focus on performance improvement and environment impacts mitigation. Climate change is projected to improve gross hydropower potential (GHP) at high latitude of North Hemisphere and tropical Africa and decrease that in the US, South Africa and south and central Europe. Analysis from W-E-F nexus highlights the importance of integrated approaches as well as cross-sectoral coordination so as to improve resources use efficiency and achieve sustainable hydropower development. These three factors together shape the future of hydropower and need to be considered for planning and operation purpose.
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spelling CGSpace992742024-10-25T07:58:12Z Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development Zhang, Xiao Li, Hong-Yi Deng, Zhiqun Daniel Ringler, Claudia Gao, Yang Hejazi, Mohamad I. Leung, L. Ruby. water power sustainability water climate change energy Hydropower plays an important role as the global energy system moves towards a less carbon-intensive and sustainable future as promoted under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article provides a systematic review of the impacts from policy, climate change and Water-Energy-Food (W-E-F) nexus on hydropower development at global scale. Asia, Africa and Latin America are hotspots promoting hydropower development with capacity expansion, while Europe and North America focus on performance improvement and environment impacts mitigation. Climate change is projected to improve gross hydropower potential (GHP) at high latitude of North Hemisphere and tropical Africa and decrease that in the US, South Africa and south and central Europe. Analysis from W-E-F nexus highlights the importance of integrated approaches as well as cross-sectoral coordination so as to improve resources use efficiency and achieve sustainable hydropower development. These three factors together shape the future of hydropower and need to be considered for planning and operation purpose. 2018-02 2019-02-02T05:17:20Z 2019-02-02T05:17:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99274 en Limited Access Elsevier Zhang, Xiao; Li, Hong-Yi; Deng, Zhiqun Daniel; Ringler, Claudia; Gao, Yang; Hejazi, Mohamad I.; Leung, L. Ruby. 2018. Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development. Renewable Energy 116(Part A): 827-834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.10.030
spellingShingle water power
sustainability
water
climate change
energy
Zhang, Xiao
Li, Hong-Yi
Deng, Zhiqun Daniel
Ringler, Claudia
Gao, Yang
Hejazi, Mohamad I.
Leung, L. Ruby.
Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development
title Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development
title_full Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development
title_fullStr Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development
title_short Impacts of climate change, policy and Water-Energy-Food nexus on hydropower development
title_sort impacts of climate change policy and water energy food nexus on hydropower development
topic water power
sustainability
water
climate change
energy
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99274
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