Greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs: a synthesis of knowledge

  • M.A. dos Santos and L.P. Rosa
  • Vol. 18 - Issue 2, 2011

Greenhouse gas emissions from hydro reservoirs are a subject of strategic importance and are often compared, using varying methodologies, to emissions from other types of electric generation such as thermal power plants. This paper offers the hydropower community state-of-the-art knowledge and helps to clarify some important issues and challenges that remain to be solved going forward.

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