Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin

EM Latrubesse, EY Arima, T Dunne, E Park, VR Baker… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
More than a hundred hydropower dams have already been built in the Amazon basin and
numerous proposals for further dam constructions are under consideration. The …

[HTML][HTML] Security aspects of future renewable energy systems–A short overview

B Johansson - Energy, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Energy security is sometimes used to advocate renewable energy systems. Renewable
energy systems can improve some aspects of security, but they will not automatically lead to …

Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios

SG Yalew, MTH van Vliet, DEHJ Gernaat, F Ludwig… - Nature Energy, 2020‏ - nature.com
Although our knowledge of climate change impacts on energy systems has increased
substantially over the past few decades, there remains a lack of comprehensive overview of …

[HTML][HTML] Large hydropower, decarbonisation and climate change uncertainty: Modelling power sector pathways for Ecuador

PE Carvajal, FGN Li, R Soria, J Cronin… - Energy Strategy …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Hydropower plays a critical role in global, South American and Ecuadorian energy policy
and for achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) aiming to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term deep decarbonisation pathways for Ecuador: Insights from an integrated assessment model

D Villamar, R Soria, P Rochedo, A Szklo… - Energy Strategy …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This work presents an Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) developed for Ecuador, the so-
called Ecuador Land Use and Energy Network Analysis model (ELENA). This model …

100% renewable energy supply for Brazil—The role of sector coupling and regional development

HC Gils, S Simon, R Soria - Energies, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
With its abundance of renewable energy potentials, not only for hydropower and bioenergy,
but also for wind and solar, Brazil provides good prospects for a carbon neutral energy …

Enhancing drought resilience and energy security through complementing hydro by offshore wind power—The case of Brazil

PCS Borba, WCS Júnior, M Shadman… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
During atypical droughts, power systems with a heavy reliance on hydropower risk
increased greenhouse gas emissions if they are balanced with fossil-fired generation. This …

Assessing uncertainty of climate change impacts on long-term hydropower generation using the CMIP5 ensemble—the case of Ecuador

PE Carvajal, G Anandarajah, Y Mulugetta, O Dessens - Climatic Change, 2017‏ - Springer
This study presents a method to assess the sensitivity of hydropower generation to uncertain
water resource availability driven by future climate change. A hydrology-electricity modelling …

Interactions between climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of hydropower in Brazil

AFP Lucena, M Hejazi, E Vasquez-Arroyo, S Turner… - Energy, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This paper performs a multi-model comparison to assess strategies for adaptation to climate
change impacts in hydropower generation in Brazil under two Representative Concentration …

Modelling concentrated solar power (CSP) in the Brazilian energy system: A soft-linked model coupling approach

R Soria, AFP Lucena, J Tomaschek, T Fichter, T Haasz… - Energy, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Brazil is looking for innovative alternatives to supply the country's increasing electricity
demand and provide flexibility to cope with higher shares of variable renewable energy …