Ecological impacts of run-of-river hydropower plants—Current status and future prospects on the brink of energy transition

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The general perception of small run-of-river hydropower plants as renewable energy
sources with little or no environmental impacts has led to a global proliferation of this …

An overview of research and energy evolution for small hydropower in Europe

F Manzano-Agugliaro, M Taher, A Zapata-Sierra… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Europe has a large tradition of Small Hydropower stations (SHP); these proliferate wherever
there was an adequate supply of moving water and a need for electricity. As electricity …

Influence of hydrologically based environmental flow methods on flow alteration and energy production in a run-of-river hydropower plant

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing demand for renewable energy has led to a massive expansion of the small-scale
hydropower plants and particularly those of run-of-river type. Meanwhile, the awareness …

Economic and environmental assessment using emergy of a geothermal power plant

M Jalili, A Chitsaz, M Hashemian, MA Rosen - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental and economic factors are among the most important in thermodynamic
systems design. To evaluate energy production systems from economic an environmental …

Small hydropower development in China: Growing challenges and transition strategy

L Zhang, M Pang, ABS Bahaj, Y Yang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the great successes in improving rural electrification and reducing poverty, China's
small hydropower (SHP) development is expected to provide a good example for other …

Environmental cost and impacts of chemicals used in agriculture: An integration of emergy and Life Cycle Assessment

Y Lyu, M Raugei, X Zhang, S Mellino… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Modern intensive agriculture worldwide is generating increasing environmental pressure,
which prevents its sustainable development. A number of agricultural sustainability …

Do global competitiveness factors effects the industry sustainability practices? Evidence from European hydropower industry

M Alsaleh, AS Abdul-Rahim - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the research to investigate the effect of global competitiveness determinants on
the sustainability of hydropower production in the European Union (EU 28) states from 1990 …

Emergy-based sustainability evaluation model of hydropower megaproject incorporating the social-economic-ecological losses

P Jing, J Sheng, T Hu, A Mahmoud, Y Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainable development of the hydropower megaproject (HM) is one of the critical
components of sustainable water resources management. Hence, an accurate assessment …

Geothermal power in China: Development and performance evaluation

LX Zhang, MY Pang, J Han, YY Li, CB Wang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Geothermal power has received a great deal of attention in China as the country strives to
be less dependent on coal energy and to seek stable and base load renewable power. The …

Social sustainability assessment of small hydropower with hesitant PROMETHEE method

Y Wu, Y Wang, K Chen, C Xu, L Li - Sustainable cities and society, 2017 - Elsevier
Small hydropower stations in remote areas promote regional economic development and
social progress. Social sustainability assessment which immensely decides the success of …