Cumulative Impacts and Joint Operation of Small-Scale Hydropower Cascades : Case Studies for Selected River Basins in Northwest Vietnam

Increasing energy demands and concerns about global warming call for an increase in energy generation from renewable sources. Small hydropower plants represent a significant contribution to meet this demand. But the optimal use of this resource in...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCESS TO ENERGY ADULT FISH ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM ANIMAL WASTES ANNUAL RUNOFF APPROACH AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AQUATIC HABITAT AVAILABILITY BALANCE BASIN BOUNDARIES BASIN PLANS CANALS CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON ENERGY CATCHMENT AREA CATCHMENT AREAS CIVIL ENGINEERING CLEAN ELECTRICITY CLIMATE CHANGE COAL DAM DAM OPERATORS DAM SAFETY DAMS DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROPOWER DOWNSTREAM RESERVOIRS DRY SEASONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC VALUE ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY PRICE ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EMPLOYMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTS EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EXPLOITATION FINANCIAL RESOURCES FISH FISH MIGRATION FISH SPECIES FISHERIES FISHING FLOOD MITIGATION FLOW REGIME FLOW REGULATION FLOWING WATER FORESTRY GLOBAL WARMING HEAD HEALTHY RIVERS HYDRAULICS HYDRO POTENTIAL HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS HYDROLOGICAL REGIME HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER DEVELOPERS HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENTS HYDROPOWER GENERATION HYDROPOWER OPERATORS HYDROPOWER PLANT HYDROPOWER PLANTS HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION HYDROPOWER PROJECT HYDROPOWER PROJECTS HYDROPOWER RESOURCES HYDROPOWER SCHEMES HYDROPOWER SECTOR IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAKE LAKES LAND USE LARGE HYDROPOWER LARGE RIVER LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL PEOPLE LOGGING MAIN RIVER MARKET LIBERALIZATION MINERAL RESOURCES MITIGATION MEASURES MOUNTAINOUS AREAS NATIONAL GRID NATIONAL POWER NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL FLOW NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES PEAK FLOWS PEAK POWER POLICY MAKERS POLLUTANTS POLLUTION POPULATION DYNAMICS POWER CAPACITIES POWER CAPACITY POWER ENGINEERING POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER STATION RAINFALL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE RENEWABLE SOURCES RESERVOIR RESERVOIR AREA RESERVOIR AREAS RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION RESERVOIR WATER RESERVOIRS RESETTLEMENT RIPARIAN RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATIONS RIVER BASIN PLANNING RIVER BASINS RIVER BED RIVER BEDS RIVER DIVERSION RIVER FLOWS RIVER REGIME RIVER STRETCH RIVER SYSTEM RIVER SYSTEMS RIVER VALLEY RIVER WATER RIVERINE RIVERINE ENVIRONMENT RIVERS SEDIMENT SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT SEDIMENT TRANSPORT SEDIMENT YIELDS SEDIMENTATION RATE SEDIMENTS SMALL DAMS SMALL HYDROPOWER SMALL RESERVOIR SMALL SCALE HYDROPOWER STEEP TOPOGRAPHY STREAM STREAM CHANNEL STREAM CORRIDOR STREAM FLOW STREAMFLOW STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUSTAINABLE HYDROPOWER TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSMISSION LINES TRIBUTARY TURBINE UPSTREAM CATCHMENT AREA UPSTREAM DAMS UPSTREAM RESERVOIRS VALUED ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS VEC WATER ALLOCATION WATER QUALITY WATER STORAGE WATER STORAGE CAPACITY WATER USE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/597231498679713099/Cumulative-impacts-and-joint-operation-of-small-scale-hydropower-cascades-case-studies-for-selected-river-basins-in-Northwest-Vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28418