Abstract
Introduction
Hydropower is the largest renewable source of electricity. It accounts for
2.2% of primary energy supply and 16% of electrical generation. Although there
are hydro electric projects under construction in about 80 countries most of
the remaining hydro potential is found in developing countries particularly in
South and Central Asia, Latin America and Africa. This report is a
comprehensive study and analysis of the global hydro power market.
Report Scope
The report contains a wealth of the latest available statistics of hydro power
and hydro power plants. The report discusses environmental objections to
hydropower and the different impacts on the futures for LHP and SHP. The
effects on population, wild life, eco systems, water diversion, landscape, and
the potentially critical new problem of methane, which is being researched and
could condemn LHP as more environmentally damaging than fossil fuels.
Outline of the report
- Contribution of hydro power to the energy mix
- History of hydropower
- Development of Hydro power and the different patterns for LHP and SHP
- Technical background
- Base load & peaking with hydropower
- Environmental benefits and concerns
- Regional & country hydropower profiles of Europe, CIS, North America,
Latin America & Carribean, Asia, Asia Pacific, Africa, Middle East
- The different size technologies of hydro power - large, small, mini, micro
and pica
Large Hydro and Small Hydro -SHP
This edition of the report contains expanded coverage of the SHP segment,
which is attracting increasing interest as an economical and environmentally
benign source of power for small communities and businesses
- Covers both large hydropower (LHP) and small hydropower (SHP), mini and
micro, and explains the differences between them. It is not simply a question
of size but different technologies
- Outlines the size of the hydropower industry, separately for large and
small
- Regional break and analysis of hydropower' s distribution country by country
- Analyses future demand for hydropower, both LHP and SHP
- Profiles hydropower in each country
- Lists of hydro plants in each country, totalling over 2,400
Special features
- Development of SHP in Europe
- The Big Dam Period in the USA
- The SHP sector and its development in China, which accounts for 39% of the
world' s new SHP construction
- Provides summary of the different hydro technologies- construction of
dams, turbines
- Analysis of plant utilisation country by country, and discussion of base
load and peaking
- Compares the benefits and disadvantages of hydro versus other generation
technologies
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