Essays about: "Sustainable Hydropower"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 62 essays containing the words Sustainable Hydropower.

  1. 26. Modelling the national electricity system of Rwanda : Contribution to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : CAROLINA NORDSTRÖM; IDA STENBERG FORSBERG; [2018]
    Keywords : Energy; Electricity; Rwanda; OSeMOSYS; MoManI; Sustainable development; SDG 7; Energi; Elektricitet; Rwanda; OSeMOSYS; MoManI; Hållbar utveckling; SDG 7;

    Abstract : För att ett samhälle ska utvecklas på ett modernt och framgångsrikt sätt är elektricitet en grundläggande faktor. Tillgång till elektricitet förhöjer levnadsstandarden för befolkningen genom att generera positiva synergieffekter såsom att fler utbildar sig, ekonomisk tillväxt och stabilitet, förbättrad välfärd och internationella samarbeten. READ MORE

  3. 27. Beyond GDP Growth: Scenarios for the Swedish energy demand and electricity supply system

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Giulia Torri; [2018]
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    Abstract : The project was developed within the “Beyond GDP Growth: Scenarios for sustainable building and planning", a joint program developed by a consortium of Swedish research centers and managed at KTH. The aim of the program is to explore future scenarios that could allow Sweden to achieve both environmental and social goals by 2050. READ MORE

  4. 28. Energy for information: the green promise of the Node Pole data centres

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Isaak VIE; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Data Centre; Node Pole; Energy Consumption; Efficiency; Energy Security;

    Abstract : Data centres are key to high availability and around the clock access to information. As the number of data centres increases to satisfy the demand for data, so does their energy consumption. This thesis is a case study of the data centres located in the Node Pole region in the North of Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 29. Watering down justice : energy justice in the Inga dams case in the DRC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ruth Krüger; [2017]
    Keywords : hydroelectric dams; energy justice; sustainability science; Democratic Republic of Congo; post-colonial context; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is energy justice and sustainability science, and the argument is based on a case study of the Inga dams. Substantial further development of hydropower is planned at the Inga dams, located on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ MORE

  6. 30. Organic carbon getting buried deep: A study on a subtropical reservoir and comparisonwith a chain of reservoirs.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Emma Åkerman Fulford; [2017]
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    Abstract : Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are widely known to have damaging effects on the world’s environment. In the search for green energy, recent studies propose that hydropower, which is considered a renewable source of energy, contribute significantly to the emissions of carbon dioxide and in particular methane gas to the atmosphere. READ MORE