The general perception of small run-of-river hydropower plants as renewable energy
sources with little or no environmental impacts has led to a global proliferation of this …

Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

River damming has brought great benefits to flood mitigation, energy and food production,
and will continue to play a significant role in global energy supply, particularly in Asia, Africa …

As a low-cost, low-carbon, and clean renewable energy, hydropower is crucial to carbon
emissions reduction and climate change mitigation. Compared with non-steady and highly …

Internationally, high head diversion small hydropower is being developed in mountainous
regions. In contrast to the history of large reservoir hydropower's well-documented social …

With the great successes in improving rural electrification and reducing poverty, China's
small hydropower (SHP) development is expected to provide a good example for other …

This paper reviews the electricity market reforms improving resource allocation and
renewable energy integration in Yunnan. Given the predominance of hydropower and the …

Reforms currently under way in China's electricity markets bear important implications for its
decarbonization objectives. The southwestern province of Yunnan is among the provinces …

When less water is available, hydropower turbines are less efficient, or have to stop
altogether. This reality is often neglected in recent work on the planning and operations of …

This study analyzed the spatial-temporal heterogeneity of green development efficiency and
its influencing factors in the growing Xuzhou Metropolitan Area for the period 2000-2015 …