An overview of environmental energy harvesting by thermoelectric generators

M Feng, S Lv, J Deng, Y Guo, Y Wu, G Shi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting sustainable energy from environmental energy through thermoelectric
generators to uninterruptedly generate clean electricity offers a potential solution to the …

Hydropower and the future of Amazonian biodiversity

AC Lees, CA Peres, PM Fearnside… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
In an effort to ensure energy independence and exploit mineral resources, the governments
of Amazonian countries are embarking on a major dam building drive on the basin's rivers …

Improving policies and instruments to address cumulative impacts of small hydropower in the Amazon

S Athayde, CG Duarte, ALCF Gallardo, EM Moretto… - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Small hydropower plants (SHPs) are rapidly sprawling, both globally and across the
Amazon's free flowing rivers, threatening provision of ecosystem services, river connectivity …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental impact assessment practices of the federative republic of Brazil: A comprehensive review

EEY Amuah, IK Tetteh, JA Boadu… - Environmental Challenges, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rio Earth Summit 1992 produced a monumental document, Agenda 21 and 27
PRINCIPLES, where PRINCIPLE 17 describes the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) …

Hydropower curtailment in Yunnan Province, southwestern China: Constraint analysis and suggestions

B Liu, S Liao, C Cheng, F Chen, W Li - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
China has the richest hydropower resources in the world. Yunnan's exploitable hydropower
resources rank third in China, second only to Tibet and Sichuan Province. Yunnan has …

Socioeconomic impacts of large hydroelectric power plants in Brazil: A synthetic control assessment of Estreito hydropower plant

ACC Catolico, M Maestrini, JCM Strauch… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, energy transition process has been directing the world's electrical systems in
a search for the insertion of clean and renewable energy sources. In Brazil, hydroelectric …

Sustainable and socially just transition to a post-lignite era in Greece: A multi-level perspective

A Nikas, H Neofytou, A Karamaneas… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Lignite has long dominated Greece's electricity system, boosting economic growth and
energy security, given the abundant domestic resources. In line with its national and …

Why are projects rarely rejected in environmental impact assessments? Narratives of justifiability in Brazilian and Canadian review reports

A Fonseca, RB Gibson - Journal of Environmental Planning and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Projects that undergo environmental impact assessment (EIA) are rarely rejected. Online
registries and anecdotal evidence suggest that authorities approve almost all proposed and …

Environmental sustainability of run of the river hydropower projects: A study from western Himalayan region of India

D Kumar, SS Katoch - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Run of the river (RoR) hydropower projects are generally considered more environmentally
sustainable as compared to their reservoir based counterparts. Further, impacts of these …

What does the academic research say about impact assessment and environmental licensing in Brazil?

CG Duarte, APA Dibo, LE Sánchez - Ambiente & Sociedade, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Abstract Scholarly papers on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in Brazil were
reviewed aiming at surveying the state of research in this field. Searches in three databases …