Author(s): J. M. Massing; P. L. B. Chaffe
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Keywords: Water footprint; Reservoirs & diversion systems; Downstream impacts of dams; Hydropower optimisation
Abstract: Hydropower plants correspond 16% of the global renewable energy mix and it reaches up to 63% in Brazil [1]. Hydroelectric power industry impacts on freshwater availability can be significant if one considers the increased local evaporative losses caused by the construction of dams [2]. The water footprint (WF) is the volume of freshwater used to produce a certain product and can be used to estimate water consumption for energy supply [3]. In this work we evaluate the water footprint of major Brazilian hydropower plants for the period of 1999 to 2020.
Year: 2021