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| Titel |
Assessing residual hydropower potential of the La Plata Basin accounting for future user demands |
| VerfasserIn |
I. Popescu, L. Brandimarte, M. S. U. Perera, M. Peviani |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 16, no. 8 ; Nr. 16, no. 8 (2012-08-17), S.2813-2823 |
| Datensatznummer |
250013430
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hess-16-2813-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
La Plata Basin is shared by five countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay), which have fast growing economies in South
America. These countries need energy for their sustainable development;
hence, hydropower can play a very important role as a renewable clean source
of energy. This paper presents an analysis of the current hydropower
production and electricity demand in La Plata Basin (LPB), and it analyses the maximum and residual hydropower potential of the basin for a
horizon of 30 yr (i.e. year 2040). Current hydropower production is
estimated based on historical available data, while future energy production is
deduced from the available water in the catchment (estimated based on
measured hydrographs of the past years), whereas electricity demand is
assessed by correlating existing electricity demand with the estimated
population growth and economic development. The maximum and residual
hydropower potential of the basin were assessed for the mean annual flows
of the present hydrological regime (1970–2000) and topographical
characteristics of the area.
Computations were performed using an integrated GIS environment called
VAPIDRO-ASTE released by the Research on Energy System (Italy). The residual
hydropower potential of the basin is computed considering first that the
water supply needs for population, industry and agriculture are served, and
then hydropower energy is produced. The calculated hydropower production is
found to be approximately half of the estimated electricity demand, which
shows that there is a need to look for other sources of energy in the
future. |
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