More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and
numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The …

Hydropower has been the leading source of renewable energy across the world, accounting
for up to 71% of this supply as of 2016. This capacity was built up in North America and …

Maximizing the performance of hydropower plants by taking advantage of the remaining
energy downstream of dams via the installation of hydrokinetic turbines is feasible. In these …

Social and political concerns on climate change have made renewable energy an essential
component of government's work plans. Grid-connected horizontal-axis hydrokinetic …

Hydrokinetic energy generation is a renewable source that captures kinetic energy from river
or tidal currents. Little physical construction is required, and environmental impacts are …

Methods of estimating riverine hydrokinetic (HK) power for localized and regional studies
are reviewed, evaluated, and compared. It was found that localized HK studies were not …

Infrastructure projects like roads and hydroelectric dams are meant to help achieve national
economic development goals in Brazil and the Amazon. In the case of hydropower dams …

Hydrokinetic energy resource assessment is a crucial prerequisite for strategic turbine
deployment and energy extraction. Despite advancements in analytical tools, resource …

 e Brazilian hydrological information network does not provide data series of daily
velocities. e river velocities are important for the study of hydrokinetic potential. erefore …

Increasing renewable energy development has rekindled interest in hydrokinetic or in-
stream river potential for power production using zero-head turbines. This study estimates …