scholarly journals Legal obstacles and incentives to the development of small scale hydroelectric power in Ohio

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
None
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Hydroelectric Power

Water Level Control of Small-scale Hydroelectric Power Plant

2002 ◽  
Vol 122 (6) ◽  
pp. 989-994
Author(s):  
Shinichiro Endo ◽  
Masami Konishi ◽  
Hirosuke Imabayashi ◽  
Hayami Sugiyama
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plant ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Level Control

scholarly journals Understanding Public Views on a Dam Construction Boom: the Role of Values

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (14) ◽  
pp. 4687-4700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Schulz ◽  
Julia Martin-Ortega ◽  
Klaus Glenk
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Dam Construction ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Value Conflict ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Under Construction

AbstractLarge numbers of dams for hydroelectric power production are currently planned or under construction in many areas around the world. While positive and negative social and environmental impacts of dams are increasingly well understood, little is known about attitudes of the general public towards dams, even though benefits to wider society are often cited to legitimise their construction. In Brazil’s Upper Paraguay River Basin, more than 100 mostly small-scale hydropower dams are planned or under construction in what can be considered a regional dam construction boom. Here we analyse public preferences for strategies to manage dam impacts in the area by investigating the value base that underpins such preferences, drawing on the recently proposed Value Landscapes Approach as our theoretical framework and data from a large representative household survey (N = 1067). We find that contrasting attitudes towards dams, expressed in preferences for economically or ecologically oriented water policies are informed by opposing underlying value landscapes, that is, groups of closely related fundamental, governance-related, and assigned (water) values. While such tensions between opposing values can never be fully eliminated, our research nevertheless gives insights to policy-makers seeking to minimise value conflict and to improve the political legitimacy of public decision-making on dam construction. Moreover, we find that a majority of members of the general public would prefer concentrating dam construction on some rivers while keeping others free-flowing, with direct implications for ecosystems and inland fisheries. This finding may guide policy-makers wishing to develop publicly supported water resources management strategies.

scholarly journals Come Together—The Development of Swedish Energy Communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick Magnusson ◽  
Jenny Palm
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Solar Photovoltaics ◽  
Grassroots Innovations ◽  
The Uk

Community energy (CE) and grassroots innovations have been widely studied in recent years, especially in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, but very little focus has been placed on Sweden. This paper describes and analyses the development and present state of several types of community energy initiatives in Sweden. The methodology uses interviews, document studies, analysis of previous studies, and website analysis. The results show that fewer initiatives have been taken in Sweden than in other countries, but that even with a rather ‘hostile’ institutional setting CE has emerged as a phenomenon. Wind cooperatives are the most common form of initiative, with solar photovoltaics cooperatives and eco-villages also prominent. The various types of initiatives differ considerably, from well-organized wind cooperatives that have grown into professional organizations to small-scale hydroelectric power plants owned by a rural community. The initiatives may have modest impact on the energy transition in quantitative terms, but they are crucial in knowledge sharing and as inspirations for future initiatives.

scholarly journals Performance of rotational speed controlled small-scale head-dependent hydroelectric power plant

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (06) ◽  
pp. 500-501
Author(s):  
Tuomo Lindh ◽  
◽  
Risto Tiainen ◽  
Jero Ahola ◽  
Markku Niemela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plant ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Hydroelectric Power

scholarly journals The implementation of small-scale hydropower stations in slow flow micro-rivers: a case study of Uzbekistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 01036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilshod Kodirov ◽  
Obid Tursunov ◽  
Sevarakhon Parpieva ◽  
Nusratillo Toshpulatov ◽  
Kurash Kubyashev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Station ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Independent Basis ◽  
Hydropower Stations

Electric energy production in small-scale hydropower stations is attractive from both an ecological and an economical point of view. Technological innovations and measures to lessen environmental impacts make small-scale hydropower stations inexpensive and justified energy sources that provide renewable energy on an independent basis and help not only to protect the environment but also to weaken human dependence on fossil fuels. This study is devoted to finding solutions based on renewable energy technologies and innovations in Uzbekistan. This article is devoted to the development of a water wheel experimental model for the micro-hydroelectric power station. Experimental studies were carried out on the basis of this model and obtained results were used in the preliminary calculations. The results from the calculations showed that the installation can generate 7-11 kWh of electricity per hour, about 168-264 kWh of electricity per day and 61 to 96 MWh of electricity per year.

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