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Pavelko, A., and M. Syrotyuk. "Environmental risks in hydropower industry." Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Geography, no. 45 (May 20, 2014): 178–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vgg.2014.45.1163.

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The main theoretical aspects of the environmental risks as a scientific category, the definition of environmental risk in the Ukrainian legislation, as well as major environmental risks associated with the construction and operation of hydroelectric power have been described. Taking into account the largescale plans of the hydroelectric power plants building in Ukraine after the implementation of "green" tariff the determination and issue the appropriate environmental risks assessment is crucial for making the reasonable management decisions on the construction of hydroelectric power or abandon it. Key words: environmental risk, hydropower plant.
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Luu, Chinh, Jason Von Meding, and Sittimont Kanjanabootra. "Balancing costs and benefits in Vietnam’s hydropower industry: a strategic proposal." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 8, no. 1 (2017): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijdrbe-05-2016-0018.

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Purpose One of the main strategic targets in the national power development plan of Vietnam is to give priority to hydropower. However, there is evidence that the most “at risk” in Vietnamese society have, to date, broadly failed to benefit from hydropower development but rather have become more vulnerable. This paper aims to broaden the perspective of decision makers (government agencies, investors and banks) in the hydropower industry regarding the environmental and social impacts of unrestrained development and the critical need to not only reduce disaster risk for communities but also provide a sustainable model for Vietnam’s energy demand. Design/methodology/approach This position paper presents a critique of public policy in Vietnam related to hydropower industry, undertaken alongside an analysis of socio-economic community resilience and disaster risk reduction literature. Findings Small hydropower investment must be delayed until measures are put in place to ensure that multi-stakeholder risk is a central component of the investment dialogue. Current pricing policies are not aligned with the hydropower development management, and this erects barriers to environmentally and socially conscious decision-making. Practical implications This paper suggests that the development of small hydropower projects must be curtailed until new measures are put in place. This has practical implications for investors, policy makers and residents of affected areas. The authors argue for a significant shift in government strategy toward building resilience as opposed to growth and profit at any cost. Social implications Conscious of Vietnam’s energy demands and development goals, this paper investigates the context of increasing disaster risk and ecological pressures, as well as social injustice relating to the hydropower industry. This kind of analysis can support future efforts to reduce disaster risk and the vulnerability of marginalized groups in Vietnam. Originality/value The authors present a comprehensive review of Vietnamese hydropower from a disaster resilience perspective and provide analysis that will be useful in further research in this emerging area.
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Kalda, Galina. "Analysis of the hydropower industry in Poland." Journal of Civil Engineering, Environment and Architecture XXXI, no. 61 (4/14) (2014): 81–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.7862/rb.2014.128.

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McDonald, Kristen, Peter Bosshard, and Nicole Brewer. "Exporting dams: China's hydropower industry goes global." Journal of Environmental Management 90 (July 2009): S294—S302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.07.023.

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Xu, Shu Qin. "Hydropower Development and Prospects Analysis." Applied Mechanics and Materials 680 (October 2014): 547–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.680.547.

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As a renewable green energy, hydropower resources in the sustainable development of power industry occupies very important position. Water resources are abundant in China, analyze the present situation of hydropower development prospects of the development of hydropower resources, hydropower development for building a harmonious society, to promote economic development and environmental protection has important significance.
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Ye, Zhou, Bei Xu, and Xinliang Wang. "Exploring the Transformation Mechanism of Ecological Value Realization by Property Right Trading of Rural hydropower." Sustainability in Environment 6, no. 3 (2021): p82. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/se.v6n3p82.

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The transformation and upgrading of rural hydropower rely on the property right trading market, and the professional property right trading market serves as the foundation to truly transform lucid waters and lush mountains into mountains of gold and silver. The study believes that by using two means, namely, government regulation and market incentive, water resources can be turned into ecological hydropower resources to finally realize the economic value of green energy through the ecological value transforming mechanism. The transforming mechanism, impelled by green hydropower certification and evaluation and professional property right trading market, has realized the ecological values, which not only promotes the green development of the local economy, but also realizes the transformation and upgrading of the rural hydropower industry. With the hydropower property right trading center, the development of the hydropower industry has encountered historic opportunities. At present, it is necessary to strive to improve the corresponding system, mechanism and cultural environment of the trading center to achieve the predetermined goal, and further standardize and improve the transaction activities. There are in all three figures and three tables.
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Vasko, P. F., and M. R. Ibragimova. "SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANTS AS A PART OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY AND ENERGY MARKET OF UKRAINE." Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE), no. 25-30 (December 7, 2018): 73–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2018.25-30.073-085.

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Globalization and sustainable development necessitate joint analysis of technological and environmental trends in energy development taking into account current economic and legal provisions. Based on synthesis of the current state of Ukrainian electric power system in general and hydropower in particular, there have been underscored the importance of comprehensive approach in identifying the key tasks of building the pathway of further electric power industry development. The authors provide the characteristics of today’s organizational and technological structure of the electric power system, including the legal provisions regulating its activity. As currently there are significant legislative changes, particular attention was paid to the review of electricity market. Features of the new liberalized electricity market have been determined in comparison with the current market, and also in connection with renewable energy characteristics. Thus, amendments introduced by the new Law “On electricity market” to the green tariff policy have been detailed with the regard to incentive mechanism for development of renewable energy and liability of electricity producers operating under Green Tariff for imbalances. The article focuses on the analysis of the state and growth potential of small hydropower. Еconomic incentives are systematized according to the current legislation. Also, here is presented the potential for possible growth of small hydropower, namely, quantitative result of the exploration of the technical potential of hydropower resources of small rivers. There have been identified a number of barriers and impediments to the construction of small HPPs. Environmental restrictions to the construction of small hydropower stations have been formulated according to the accurate analysis of various branches of national legislation such as the Land Code, the Water Code, the Law “On the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine”, etc., as well as valid ratified documents and other key soft-low instruments at the international level. Additionally, provisions of Сustoms and Tax legislation on small hydropower regarding to incentives for technology development have been defined. Consideration of small hydropower projects successfully implemented on the territory of the country confirms the possibility of the future development of small hydropower.
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Cheng, Yurong, Haiting Ye, Xiaoyu Guo, Chuan Ma, Bolin Liao, and Long Jin. "Forecasting of Chinese Hydropower Generation Using WASD-Neuronet." International Journal of Robotics and Control 1, no. 1 (2018): 48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijrc.v1n1p48.

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Hydropower resource is one of the renewable energy sources. With the increasing Chinese economy, people are paying much more attention to sustainable development. The increasing hydropower load is the basis of the development of power industry. Due to the characteristics of electrical energy, predicting the hydropower accurately is a potentially beneficial way to plan hydropower reasonably. This paper presents a neural network method to predict hydropower generation whose data is influenced by several factors such as social economic, population and climate. By using the past 52-year rough data, a 3-layer feedforward neuronet equipped with the weights and structure determination (WASD) method is constructed for the prediction of the Chinese hydropower generation in this paper. By processing mass of data, we could basically predict the hydropower generation using such a WASD neuronet. To a large extent, the trend of developing Chinese hydropower generation in the next years will keep growing.
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Tao, Hong Bin. "Explore the Management of Hydro-Engineering Project and Related Issues about Quality Control." Applied Mechanics and Materials 416-417 (September 2013): 2083–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.416-417.2083.

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Since reform and opening, water conservancy and hydropower construction industry become more competitive. Water conservancy and hydropower project construction involve a wide range, which is an extremely complex and comprehensive process. It coupled with the production flow of water conservancy and hydropower projects, structure type, quality requirements, construction methods, construction period, and the natural conditions in different situations, which all directly affect the construction quality of the project. This article outlines the construction of water conservancy and hydropower project management features, and discussed ways and means of quality control.
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Jónsson, Örn Daníel, and Bjarni Frímann Karlsson. "Þarfir netsins." Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 12, no. 2 (2016): 541. http://dx.doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2016.12.2.17.

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The profit of sold hydropower energy to heavy industries is insignificant and it is unlikely that it will be profitable unless the hydropower companies reduce their debts. The energy price is known and partially fixed. Expectations that (foreign investment in) Heavy Industry is a way to strengthen the domestic market and diversify exports has ended up having the opposite effect. The Heavy Industry sector does not create a significant number of jobs and the amount of derived jobs is negligible. The macroeconomic effect is limited to the construction period of the power plants. The result is that the hydropower plants yielded only power supply for the three multinational corporations and paid insignificant tax revenues, except for a temporary energy tax. No changes are foreseeable.
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Stette, Sondre Bjørn. "Safety Functions in Different Operational Modes and IEC 61508 in the Hydropower Industry." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for produksjons- og kvalitetsteknikk, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-22369.

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Technical systems that comprise at least one electrical, electronic, or programmable electronic device and perform safety functions are called safety instrumented systems. Safety instrumented systems are used to reduce the risk related to hazardous events that may result in undesired consequences to humans, the environment, and assets, and the reliability of such systems is therefore important. The international standard IEC 61508 can be used to ensure safe and reliable safety instrumented systems, and it applies to all types of safety instrumented systems. Based on IEC 61508, the process industry and the machinery industry have developed their own versions called IEC 61511 and IEC 62061, respectively. IEC 61508 includes requirements for all activities necessary for achieving reliable safety instrumented systems throughout their whole lifecycle, and the standard introduces concepts and terminology that can be challenging to understand. Some basic concepts and terminology in IEC 61508 are clarified in this master thesis. A safety function, performed by a safety instrumented system, may be demanded from seldom to continuously. IEC 61508 distinguishes between safety functions that are demanded less frequent and more frequent than once per year, and these two modes of operation are called low-demand and high-demand, respectively. Furthermore, the standard requires that different reliability measures are used for demonstrating the reliability of the safety instrumented systems performing low-demand and high-demand safety functions. In two examples, the two reliability measures are used, and the calculated results show that there is an inconsistency with the classification of safety functions in IEC 61508. This inconsistency is, however, not experienced with the classification in IEC 61511, and the approach in IEC 61511 seems better. Other differences between low-demand and high-demand safety functions are not well explained in IEC 61508. Because IEC 61511 considers mainly low-demand safety functions and IEC 62061 considers only high-demand safety functions, specific requirements in these two standards are compared to reveal possible differences between low-demand and high-demand. It is concluded that there are essentially no differences between the compared requirements. Based on the event, loss of control, in an accident scenario, it is proposed a new approach for classifying safety functions. A definition of loss of control is suggested and it distinguishes between safety control functions and safety protection functions. These two functions are further related to two additional events in an accident scenario, and a model that illustrates the proposed classification in relation to the three events in an accident scenario is developed. The proposed classification is neither based on frequency of demands nor does it prescribe use of a specific reliability measure, and the classification is thus different from the classification in IEC 61508. The proposed classification is more similar to the classification in IEC 61511. Safety instrumented systems are used in the hydropower industry, but IEC 61508 is essentially not yet applied. The Machinery Directive requires machine manufacturers to meet the essential health and safety requirements, and some of these requirements can, for safety instrumented systems in machines, be met by complying with IEC 62061. Because IEC 62061 is based on IEC 61508, this is a relationship between IEC 61508 and the hydropower industry. From the perspective of a typical company operating hydropower plants in the Norwegian hydropower industry, some benefits and challenges related to implementation and use of IEC 61508 are discussed. IEC 61508 provides a rigorous, risk-based approach for achieving reliable safety instrumented systems and many of the concepts in the standard could be very useful in the hydropower industry. However, the standard is comprehensive and extensive resources and competence are prerequisites for successful implementation and use. It is concluded that IEC 61508 may not be what the hydropower industry needs, but a joint project for developing a unified approach for ensuring reliable safety instrumented systems may be a better option.
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Marklund, Åsa. "Translation of Technical terms : a study of translation strategies when translating terminology in the field of hydropower generation." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13591.

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Abstract   This study analyses the translation of a technical guidebook in the subject field of hydropower generation. The aim is to identify and apply functional translation theories when translating general technical terms, industry terms and contract terms. The theoretical basis for the study consists of Eugene Nida’s and Vinay & Darbelnet’s models for translation as well as theories on terminology by Rune Ingo and Therésa Cabré. During the translation process, technical terms were identified and subsequently translated using one or more of the theories described. The result was then analysed and discussed. Although the study is not comprehensive enough to draw significant conclusions, the result indicates that in order to render the best possible translation of technical terms, a combination of theories and methods are best applied; direct translation regarding systematized terminology similar to general technical terms and oblique translation, or dynamic equivalence, regarding industry terms and contract terms. The results further suggest that structural analysis is of great value in order to determine the correct level of the term. In addition, the translator’s experience and knowledge of the subject field as well as readiness to consult parallel texts seem to be vital to the outcome of the translation.
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Hofgård, Daniel, and John Sundkvist. "Climate enhanced concrete in the civil engineering industry." Thesis, KTH, Betongbyggnad, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-278216.

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In 2017, the Swedish Parliament stated a new climate law with the goal that Sweden should be climate neutral by 2045. The concrete industry has developed a roadmap on how the goal for 2045 can be achieved, where one way to reduce the carbon emissions from concrete is by replacing a part of the cement clinker with alternative binders in the concrete mix. Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), fly ash, silica fume and trass are alternative binders that are possible to use in concrete mixes to reduce the amount of ordinary Portland cement (OPC). GGBS, fly ash and silica fume are by-products from other industries, while trass is volcanic ash that can be extracted. Besides the positive environmental impact that comes from using alternative binders and reducing the amount of cement clinker, the alternative binders have other properties, both positive and negative, that affect the concrete. The aim of this thesis was to investigate whether concrete with alternative binders does fulfill the regulations set by Swedish standards and how concrete with alternative binders does affect the material parameters. The concrete mixes were divided into three different types of concrete: concrete for bridges (w/c ratio 0.4), hydropower structures (w/c ratio 0.45) and wind powerplant foundations (w/c ratio 0.55). A total of seven concrete mixes were cast in a laboratory and the concrete mixes were investigated in the three hardening stages of concrete: fresh, young and hardened. The analyzed material parameters were compressive strength, shrinkage, frost resistance, workability, air voids and temperature development. Beyond the experimental testing, a global warming potential (GWP) comparison was made to compare the reduction of GWP for each concrete mix compared to a reference concrete for each usage area. The mix containing a CEM II/A-V fly ash cement and 15% GGBS showed great potential regarding the different material parameters. This mix, however, is according to Swedish standards not possible to certify for structures in exposure class XF4, such as bridges, but is possible to certify for structures in exposure class XF3, such as wind powerplant foundations. The mix containing 30% GGBS and 5% silica fume also showed beneficiary properties, but superplasticizers are required in this mix to ensure good workability. For hydropower structures, the mix containing 35% GGBS showed a great compressive strength but a high temperature development and low workability. The mix containing trass had a notably low temperature development, but with an increase in shrinkage and low workability. Moreover, all concrete mixes showed a frost resistance which, according to standard, is classified as “Very Good”.<br>Sveriges regering antog 2017 ett nytt klimatpolitiskt ramverk med målet att Sverige ska ha noll nettoutsläpp av växthusgaser år 2045. Betongindustrin har tagit fram en färdplan för hur betong kan bli klimatneutralt, där ett sätt att reducera klimatpåverkan från betong är att byta ut en del av cementklinkern mot alternativa bindemedel. Mald granulerad masugnsslagg (GGBS), flygaska, silikastoft och trass är alternativa bindemedel som är möjliga att använda i betongblandningar för att reducera mängden Portlandcement. GGBS, flygaska och silikastoft är restprodukter från andra industrier medan trass är en vulkanisk aska som kan utvinnas. Utöver den positiva miljöeffekten som erhålls när alternativa bindemedel ersätter cementklinker, så har de alternativa bindemedlen andra egenskaper, både positiva och negativa, som påverkar betongen. Målet med denna studie var att undersöka och jämföra om betongblandningar där en del av cementklinkern har ersatts med alternativa bindemedel når upp till de krav som ställs i nuvarande regelverk. Utöver det så undersöktes även hur betongblandningarnas materialparametrar påverkades av alternativa bindemedel. Betongblandningarna delades in i tre olika typer av betong: betong för broar (vct 0.4), vattenbyggnader (vct 0.45) och vindkraftverksfundament (vct 0.55), där totalt sju betongblandningar tillverkades i ett laboratorium. Betongblandningarna undersöktes i de tre olika faserna för hårdnande av betong, vilka är färsk, ung och hårdnad betong. De materialparametrar som analyserades var tryckhållfasthet, krympning, frostresistens, arbetbarhet, luftporhalt och temperaturutveckling. Förutom de experimentella testerna gjordes en jämförelse kring hur mycket koldioxid som kan reduceras för varje betongblandning, jämfört med en referensbetong för varje användningsområde. Betongblandningen med ett CEM II/A-V flygaska-cement och 15% GGBS visade stor potential med avseende på de olika materialparametrarna. Denna blandning är dock enligt svensk standard inte möjlig att certifiera för betongbyggnad i exponeringsklass XF4, exempelvis broar, men kan certifieras för betongbyggnad i exponeringsklass XF3, exempelvis fundament för vindkraftverk. Blandningen med 30% GGBS och 5% silikastoft visade även positiva egenskaper, men flyttillsatsmedel måste användas i denna blandning för att erhålla en god arbetbarhet. För vattenbyggnadsbetong så visade blandningen med 35% GGBS en hög tryckhållfasthet, men samtidigt en hög temperaturutveckling och en låg arbetbarhet. Blandningen med trass hade en noterbart låg temperaturutveckling, men med ökad krympning samt låg arbetbarhet. Avslutningsvis så uppvisade alla blandningar en frostresistens som enligt standard klassificeras som ”Mycket bra”.
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Freitas, Filho Ítalo Tadeu de Carvalho 1972. "Estratégia para gestão de ativos e minimização de riscos operacionais em sistema de geração hidroelétrica." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257981.

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Orientador: Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T04:51:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FreitasFilho_ItaloTadeudeCarvalho_M.pdf: 5022061 bytes, checksum: 47deab221cec3de1cda8326f13e3e7ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014<br>Resumo: Os agentes reguladores do setor elétrico brasileiro têm como requisito básico garan-tir o adequado balanço entre oferta e demanda com o melhor preço da energia por meio de negócios sustentáveis. Por outro lado, o mercado, cada vez mais exigente e competitivo, em que a busca pela disponibilidade e preço da energia são fatores decisórios tanto para grandes quanto para pequenos consumidores, faz que os investidores busquem a gestão ótima dos riscos operacionais visando garantir os retornos do capital investido. Para tanto, uma metodologia de gestão de ativos físicos é essencial ao bom desempenho financeiro das empresas de geração de energia no Brasil, pois uma má estratégia de gestão de ativos pode acarretar prejuízos consideráveis, tanto para o empreendedor quanto para o sistema elétrico nacional. Esta pesquisa propõe a identificação de requisitos básicos para gestão ótima dos ativos, por meio da avaliação dos riscos operacionais considerando as várias dimensões que afetam uma empresa de geração de grande porte, atualmente com projetos em diferentes estágios do ciclo de vida. Foi feita uma análise de indicadores de desempenho e a identificação dos modos de falhas, e respectivas causas mais comuns que afetam as características de seus ativos em determinadas etapas dos ciclos de vida. A proposta foi criar subsídios à elaboração de uma metodologia para otimização dos conflitos de prioridades entre a utilização e cuidado com os ativos, desempenho de curto e longo prazo, entre investimento de capital, custos de operação e riscos, como forma de melhorar o desempenho da empresa<br>Abstract: To ensure the proper balance between supply and demand with best energy price through sustainable business, are considered as basic requirements for the electricity sector regulators, on the other hand, a market increasingly demanding and competitive, where the search for availability and price of energy are decisive factors for both large and small consumers, drive the investors to seek an optimal management of operational risks to ensure the returns on invested capital, to this end, a methodology for managing physical assets is essential for the power generation companies in Brazil to guarantee a good financial performance, an inadequate asset management strategy can cause some negative effect to the national electricity grid as well. This research aims to identify, through an operational risk assessment a basics requirements for an optimum asset management, considering various dimensions, that affect a generation company with large scale projects, currently in various stages of the their life cycle, through the analyses of their performance indicators and identifying causes and most common failures modes that affect the characteristics of its assets in certain stages of life cycles, to support the development of a methodology to optimize the prioritizations conflicts between the use and care of assets, short-term and long term performance, capital investment, operating costs and risks, with the objective to increase the company performance<br>Mestrado<br>Recursos Hidricos, Energeticos e Ambientais<br>Mestre em Engenharia Civil
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Öhman, May-Britt. "Taming Exotic Beauties : Swedish Hydro Power Constructions in Tanzania in the Era of Development Assistance, 1960s - 1990s." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Filosofi och teknikhistoria, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4426.

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This study analyses the history of a large hydroelectric scheme – the Great Ruaha power project in Tanzania. The objective is to establish why and how this specific scheme came about, and as part of this to identify the key actors involved in the decision-making process, including the ideological contexts within which they acted. Although the Tanzanian actors and the World Bank (IBRD) are discussed, main focus is on the Swedish actors on project level.Kidatu, the first phase of the Great Ruaha power project (constructed between1970-1975), became the first large-scale hydropower station in Tanzania. As such, it paved the way for Tanzanian entrance into the Big Dam Era and significant changes within the Tanzanian landscape. As well as the dry river bed at Kidatu, and the small reservoir that precedes it, the Great Ruaha power project also involved the creation of a huge artificial lake, the Mtera reservoir. The Kidatu hydropower station was the first large undertaking within Swedish bilateral aid, and implied the takeover of control of hydropower construction in Tanzania by Swedish enterprises, replacing the enterprises of the former colonial power. A hydropower plant is a complex technoscientific artefact. The construction of a hydropower plant is preceded by a large number of technological choices, scientific prestudies and estimations of costs and revenues. A hydropower plant is also a complex social creation, and is as such filled with social actors engaged in conflicts, compromises and power structures. The decision to construct Kidatu hydropower station was a result of negotiations and activities within what is called “development assistance”. This brings in yet another dimension, the political one, involving export and import of technology, foreign capital, and foreign influence in decision-making processes, as well as ideas about how to bring development and progress to a people supposed to be living in “poverty and misery”. The study is divided into three main parts. The first part analyses the context of Swedish development assistance in the support to the construction of hydropower plants. This part discusses Swedish state-supported hydropower exploitation of indigenous people’s territory within Sweden’s borders in the 20th century and the background of Swedish development assistance, from the 1950s to the early 1960s. The second part analyses the event of Swedish development assistance entering Tanzania and the Great Ruaha power project, with the main focus being on the period 1965 – 1970. The third part is an analysis of the technoscientific basis for the decisions taken to implement the Great Ruaha hydropower scheme. Main focus is on the period 1969-1974, discussed against the backdrop of precolonial and colonial studies. While focus is on the 1960s and 1970s, in both part two and three events in the 1980s and 1990s are discussed. The study shows that although Sweden was not a colonial power in Tanzania, colonial imagery, and relations to the colonial era, as well as Sweden’s background of internal colonialisation, exerted an influence on the decision-making process and the actors involved in the Great Ruaha power project.The study is mainly based on archival sources, complemented with oral sources from Tanzania and Sweden. Recognizing the complexity of large-scale hydropower and the attempts to control watercourses that large scale hydropower necessitates, in the specific context of decolonisation and development assistance that the decision-making process behind the Great Ruaha hydropower scheme reveals, the analysis of the actors involved is based on feminist and postcolonial perspectives.<br>QC 20100825
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Chung, Sheng-Cheng, and 鍾昇呈. "A Study on the Development of Hydropower Industry by Content Analysis." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8m6ajd.

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碩士<br>樹德科技大學<br>經營管理研究所<br>107<br>Hydropower industry has a long history, the general machine-built hydropower project can be divided into five systems: weak system, power system, water supply and drainage system, air conditioning system and fire system. The industry from the individual studio for the general household sanitation equipment, water heater installation, water tower cleaning, to the signing of the use of large-scale commercial construction public works projects, residential buildings, office buildings, factories and other mechanical and electrical fire companies to provide comprehensive services. Whether the water and electric contractors have sufficient performance to ensure the quality of the project and the completion progress, thus affecting the overall operation of the completion of the project, in the quality of service, hydropower projects play an important and indispensable role in the overall construction industry. In recent years, due to industrial development bottlenecks and non-economic factors, Taiwan''s economic growth is not as expected, with the rapid structural changes in the global economy, and the rapid development of science and technology (Ministry of Economy, 2007), industrial analysis has become one of the important issues to strengthen the competitive advantage of industry. This study focuses on the National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, and searches academic papers under the title of "hydropower engineering", uses content analysis to explore the data collected, and then uses "industrial analysis" as the basis for category classification. This study reached two research conclusions: (1) a total of 222 papers on industrial analysis with "hydropower engineering" and (2) the number of papers related to "electricity demand density" and "electrical and mechanical engineering" as the top two, which provided reference for the relevant industries in the hydropower engineering industry.
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Wymond, David Tyler. "The U.S. small hydropower industry : opportunities for development and barriers to success." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2874.

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With many states recently enacting either renewable energy mandates or goals,the small hydropower industry has a unique opportunity to supply a growing portion of U.S. electricity supply. But the procedure to obtain a license for project development is unwieldy, increasingly wrought with regulatory hurdles at both the state and Federal levels. Government incentives exist that promote the development of small hydropower,but are insufficient to overcome the regulatory barriers faced by the industry. Although it is possible for small hydropower to supply a growing share of energy production in the U.S., it is unlikely that the full potential will be realized without substantial changes to the renewable energy regulatory system. This study describes the current state of the regulatory system governing the development of small hydropower facilities in the United States. A basic overview of hydroelectric technology is discussed, followed by a detailed description of the process through which a project developer must apply for a Federal license to construct and operate a hydropower project. The current state of the U.S. small hydropower industry is examined, considering the potential opportunity for the industry to supply a growing share of the U.S. electricity supply. This analysis is supplemented by a discussion of the costs of project construction and an investigation into the regulatory barriers to project development.<br>text
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Ming-Chen, Chao, and 趙洺震. "Quality Management Business Strategy on Hydropower Engineering Industry in Taiwan:An Example of a Company in Taichung." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n9pwm6.

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碩士<br>國立暨南國際大學<br>管理學院經營管理碩士學位學程碩士在職專班<br>106<br>In order to establish and implement the “Quality Management System for Public Works Construction” issued by the Executive Yuan, the case company plans to inculcate the concept of quality of engineering personnel through quality management education and training, to improve the quality of the quality management system, and to enhance engineering construction quality. The quality enhancement project meets the needs and specifications of quality requirements. Frankly, the quality of domestic projects varies greatly, and they have suffered considerable criticism for a long time. Although some of them are institutional problems, poor construction quality control is one of the major reasons. In particular, in the hydropower project, almost all of its equipment is produced in the factory. The actual quality management should be controlled at the factory. Therefore, to enhance the quality control of the hydropower engineering equipment is not all on the construction site; selection the brand of quality control is way to ensure the best for quality management of hydropower projects. In a construction project, the mechanical and hydroelectric work and the civil engineering work are two sides of one coin that are closely related to each other and mutually dependent. Even though the civil engineering or hydropower engineering industry can carry out quality management of their own professional works, when the two parts of work putting together, it is often that the operators did not understand the structure and drawings, or they do not communicate with each other before construction, that leads to low quality results. Therefore, the mechanical and hydropower projects should not only focus on the quality control in their own profession, but have to shed more lights on the integration of hydropower engineering and civil engineering projects. The case company's construction of the hydropower project was performed according to the quality plan book. The construction quality management standards and independent inspections were also implemented. This study comprehensively collated the implementation experience of the case companies that can provide a standard procedure for other companies to follow.
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Books on the topic "Hydropower industry"

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Office, General Accounting. Energy regulation: Opportunities for strengthening hydropower cumulative impact assessments : report to the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. GAO, 1988.

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Office, General Accounting. Energy regulation: Allegations concerning the development of fishways at hydropower projects : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. The Office, 1988.

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Office, General Accounting. Energy regulation: More effort needed to recover costs and increase hydropower user charges : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. The Office, 1986.

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Office, General Accounting. Energy regulation: More effort needed to recover costs and increase hydropower user charges : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. The Office, 1986.

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Office, General Accounting. Energy regulation: More effort needed to recover costs and increase hydropower user charges : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. The Office, 1986.

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Book chapters on the topic "Hydropower industry"

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Fleten, Stein-Erik, and Stein W. Wallace. "Delta-Hedging a Hydropower Plant Using Stochastic Programming." In Optimization in the Energy Industry. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88965-6_22.

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Kasharin, Denis V. "Intelligent Decision Support Systems in the Design of Mobile Micro Hydropower Plants and Their Engineering Protection." In Proceedings of the First International Scientific Conference “Intelligent Information Technologies for Industry” (IITI’16). Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33816-3_24.

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Sato, Tatsuro, and Jun’ichiro Ide. "Sustainability of Micro Hydropower Generation in a Traditional Community of Indonesia." In Decision Science for Future Earth. Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8632-3_4.

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AbstractOver 3 years, we undertook a micro hydropower (MHP) project in the Ciptagelar village, West Java, to improve the understanding and implementation of sustainable operations and management of MHP generation in remote rural areas, where the primary industry is farming and thus monetary incomes are low. First, we describe in this paper the history of setting up the research agenda to be tackled with the cooperation of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders. Second, we report the current status of MHP plants and the related issues obtained through fieldwork and model simulations, in the context of culture, traditions, and society in the village. Finally, we propose guidelines to solve the issues and present the lessons learned and things scientists should pay attention to when proceeding with transdisciplinary research projects in remote rural areas. Through fieldwork and model simulations, we revealed issues related to budgeting and techniques for maintaining and operating MHP plants. We found that the village had difficulty in securing funds for repairing broken intake weirs, though it had funds to cover the general maintenance of the MHP plants. We also found that the intake weirs were vulnerable to large floods and that no accomplished technicians were available to operate MHP plants in the village properly. To solve these issues, we need to find ways to reinforce the intake weirs using local materials and increase monetary incomes by creating new industries based on the MHP generation while considering the cultural and traditional backgrounds of the remote rural areas.
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Singh, Jashanpreet. "Application of Thermal Spray Coatings for Protection against Erosion, Abrasion, and Corrosion in Hydropower Plants and Offshore Industry." In Thermal Spray Coatings. CRC Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003213185-10.

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Vaglietti, Giulia, Federico Pontoni, Alessandro de Carli, and Antonio Massarutto. "The Uses and Value of Water in Italy: Evidence from Selected Case Studies in Italy, with a Particular Focus on Irrigation, Industry and Hydropower." In Global Issues in Water Policy. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69075-5_3.

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"The hydropower industry." In Prevention of Accidents and Unwanted Occurrences. CRC Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315120973-32.

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Broch, Einar. "Why did the hydropower industry go underground?" In Underground Space Use. Analysis of the Past and Lessons for the Future. Taylor & Francis, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/noe0415374521.ch2.

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Jelley, Nick. "3. Biomass, solar heat, and hydropower." In Renewable Energy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198825401.003.0003.

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‘Biomass, solar heat, and hydropower’ discusses three forms of renewable energy: biomass, solar heat, and hydropower. Biomass and biofuels provide energy via heat generation and food consumption. But with the rising global population, land resources are being drastically depleted, and using biomass for energy can clash with growing plants for food, and cause serious home air pollution. Solar heating for homes and industry is facing competition from electrically driven systems, but the chapter shows that the outlook for concentrated solar power is encouraging, as its cost is falling, and the availability of supply after sunset offered by concentrated solar power plants with thermal storage can be a significant advantage over solar photovoltaic farms. In a hydropower plant, the energy in water falling from a height is converted to electrical energy using a turbine. Although hydropower plants can provide large amounts of low-cost, low-carbon electricity, and provide useful energy storage through pumped storage plants, serious social and environmental issues need to be considered when deciding whether the construction of a new hydroelectric scheme is appropriate.
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Azad, Abdus Samad, Pandian Vasant, Junzo Watada, and Rajalingam Al Sokkalingam. "Meta-Heuristic Approaches for the Optimization of Hydropower Energy." In Handbook of Research on Smart Technology Models for Business and Industry. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3645-2.ch015.

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The concept of a multireservoir systems in hydropower introduces the function of multiple units simultaneously to reach the peak requirements. The reservoir optimized operation is a complex, extremely nonlinear, high dimensional, and multimodal task. The options that can be evaluated manually are generally limited in numbers, which made it difficult to identify the most appropriate option and should be taken into account while making decisions. Presently, for solving the optimization problems in multireservoir system, many modern heuristic stochastic search algorithms were established. That is possible because of the aspects of artificial and computational intelligence technologies. By connecting metaheuristic algorithms, the decision options can be identified to make the most suitable utilization of the scarce resources, best natural results for a given allotment can be attained, and the best trade-offs between contending goals can be established. In this chapter, the authors review the latest meta-heuristic optimization technique and their applications to maximize the economic factors.
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Marković-Petrović, Jasna D. "Methodology for Cyber Security Risk Mitigation in Next Generation SCADA Systems." In Cyber Security of Industrial Control Systems in the Future Internet Environment. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2910-2.ch002.

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The evolution of architecture of contemporary SCADA systems follows trends in industry sector. Today, SCADA systems imply the application of smart grid and artificial intelligence concepts, the use of IP-based technologies, new mobile devices, as well as the use of private and public cloud computing services. Security risk assessment of contemporary SCADA systems needs to include new security aspects. This chapter analyzes information security in contemporary SCADA systems. Focus is then directed to SCADA network architecture and recommended security mechanisms for mitigating the security risk that assumes the use of Defense in Depth concept. Special attention is paid to SCADA-specific intrusion detection and intrusion prevention technologies. A case study outlines recommendations for security risk mitigation of SCADA system in a hydropower plant.
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Conference papers on the topic "Hydropower industry"

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Gracino, Rogerio, Victor Hansen, Leandro Goia, Alexandre Campo, and Bruno Campos. "System Identification of a Small Hydropower Plant." In 2021 14th IEEE International Conference on Industry Applications (INDUSCON). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/induscon51756.2021.9529511.

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Dranka, Geremi Gilson, Cesar Augusto Portolann, Gabriel Salvatti, Dalton Fellipe Casamali, and Maiara Menon. "Enhancing stability performance for grid-connected combined small-scale hydropower — Diesel." In 2016 12th IEEE International Conference on Industry Applications (INDUSCON). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/induscon.2016.7874541.

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Xu, Chenggang, and Qianhui Xu. "The Potential of Developing New Energy Auto Industry in 'Capital of Hydropower'." In 2018 7th International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (ICEESD 2018). Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iceesd-18.2018.213.

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Sinor, Jack. "Balancing Hydropower, Flood Control, and Public Safety in a Deregulated Power Industry." In Waterpower Conference 1999. American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40440(1999)116.

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Radulescu, Victorita. "NEW ECOLOGICAL SOLUTION TO COMBAT THE VEGETATION IN EXCESS IN NATURAL AND HYDROPOWER LAKES." In International Symposium "The Environment and the Industry". National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.21698/simi.2018.fp31.

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He, Li, Dong Chen, and Hui Li. "A simple piecewise bidding strategy for hydropower plant in liberalised electricity market." In 2010 9th IEEE/IAS International Conference on Industry Applications - INDUSCON 2010. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/induscon.2010.5740040.

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Radulescu, Victorita. "CONTROL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC CONTAMINATION, ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN HYDROPOWER LAKES ON JIU RIVER." In International Symposium "The Environment and the Industry". National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21698/simi.2017.0028.

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McNabola, Aonghus, Paul Coughlan, Lucy Corcoran, et al. "Energy Recovery in the Water & Waste Water Industry using Micro-Hydropower: A Review." In Power and Energy Systems. ACTAPRESS, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2316/p.2012.775-021.

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Yan, Lei, Sherong Zhang, Wenqi Sa, Bo Sun, and Chao Wang. "Application of CAD/CAE Integrating Technology for the Three-Dimensional Design of Hydropower Industry." In 2011 IEEE/ACIS 10th International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icis.2011.56.

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Kukharchuk, Vasyl V., Volodymyr V. Bogachuk, Valerii F. Hraniak, Waldemar Wójcik, Batyrbek Suleimenov, and Gaini Karnakova. "Method of magneto-elastic control of mechanic rigidity in assemblies of hydropower units." In Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2017, edited by Ryszard S. Romaniuk and Maciej Linczuk. SPIE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2280974.

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Reports on the topic "Hydropower industry"

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Wadsack, Karin, Jennifer Daw, Omar Jose Guerra Fernandez, et al. Barriers and Opportunities for U.S. Hydropower Industry Engagement in Brazil and Argentina. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1768284.

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