Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of Amazon hydropower with strategic dam planning

Some dams produce large amounts of GHGs and it is important to see whether future dams will satisfy sustainable energy goals. Here the authors estimate the range of GHG emission intensities expected for 351 proposed and 158 existing Amazon dams and find that existing Amazon hydropower reservoirs col...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rafael M. Almeida, Qinru Shi, Jonathan M. Gomes-Selman, Xiaojian Wu, Yexiang Xue, Hector Angarita, Nathan Barros, Bruce R. Forsberg, Roosevelt García-Villacorta, Stephen K. Hamilton, John M. Melack, Mariana Montoya, Guillaume Perez, Suresh A. Sethi, Carla P. Gomes, Alexander S. Flecker
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
Subjects:
Science
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0e9eefbae2f24c0b8f5c63ff9a2faa3f
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Some dams produce large amounts of GHGs and it is important to see whether future dams will satisfy sustainable energy goals. Here the authors estimate the range of GHG emission intensities expected for 351 proposed and 158 existing Amazon dams and find that existing Amazon hydropower reservoirs collectively emit 14 Tg CO2eq per year, and that if all proposed Amazon dams are built, annual emissions would increase 5-fold.

Similar Items