Essays about: "hydropower production planning"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words hydropower production planning.
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1. Modeling the Head Effect in Hydropower River Systems using MILP and BLP Approaches
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tillämpad matematik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakultetenAbstract : With a fast-growing electricity demand and a larger proportion of intermittent energy sources follows a greater need for flexible and balancing sources of electricity, such as hydropower. Planning of hydropower production is considered to be a difficult problem to solve due to several nonlinearities, combinatorial properties and the fact that it is a large scale system with spatial-temporal coupling. READ MORE
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2. To create multifunctional riverscapes : the example of Älvkarleby in the Nedre Dalälven River, Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The natural environment and ecological services of rivers and the needs and expansion of human activities using rivers causes conflicting interests. Human survival is inseparable from the dependence on the natural environment, but at the same time, the continuous demand for natural resources has also caused an irreversible impact. READ MORE
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3. Assessment of hydropower mitigation measures for fish habitat rehabilitation with a coupled eco-hydraulic model : A case study on the Skålan-Äldern stretch
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : In the past century, hydropower development in Sweden has been facilitated by the lack of appropriate environmental legislation. This exploitation has resulted in the current poor ecological status of most Swedish water bodies affected by hydropower, and in the need for new policies that reflect the 2000 European Water Framework Directive. READ MORE
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4. Architecture of Power
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : The 34 silos at Jarlaberg today contain crude oil but after the lease of land expires at 2036 are refurbished and remade to hold 2 500 000 m3 of water from Stockholm archipelago. Sharing the industrial plot of the reworked silos are 13 buildings with 2000 households between them. READ MORE
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5. A Swedish Nuclear Future : Using explorative scenarios to assess energy security in low-carbon electricity systems
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Positioned within the concepts of sustainable development and energy security, this study evaluates the prospects for Swedish electricity production to assist in reaching both national and international climate targets. The main purpose is to assess the capability of nuclear energy to form part of a national climate change mitigation approach, as well as a viable energy source for Sweden to rely on in the future. READ MORE