hydropower

Investing in agricultural water management: Pathways to a sustainable future

Other publication / International financing institutions must learn from past mistakes in agricultural water investment and direct their money to key promising approaches.

Multi-objective optimal operation of cascade hydropower plants considering ecological flow under different ecological conditions

Journal article / The study develops a decision-making support model that can quantitatively analyse the tradeoffs between hydro-energy generation and river ecosystem conditions.

Out of the Shadows

Project / The project's aim is to explore how to ensure inclusion of Sámi reindeer herding communities in the review of environmental licenses for hydropower.

Can poop power the planet?

Feature / Poop is a sustainable alternative source of energy that could help reduce emissions that lead to climate change.

Defections and death spirals

Perspective / There is great potential for synergies to emerge when gridless technologies for energy and WASH are combined in off-grid settings.

The bigger the better?

Perspective / This piece explores the influence of scale economies on developments in the global electricity sector.

An impossible tangle of things we can’t understand?

Perspective / A look at the development of grid-based technologies in modern society.

Using the Freshwater Health Index to assess hydropower development scenarios in the Sesan, Srepok and Sekong river basin

Journal article / In the Sesan, Sekong and Srepok (3S) River basin, using the Freshwater Health Index (FHI) to diagnose the basin’s freshwater health.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning

Journal article / In light of the increase of hydropower dams in the Amazon, it is critical to identify whether these future dams will produce low-carbon energy.