The future of hydropower? A systematic review of the drivers, benefits and governance dynamics of transboundary dams

C Llamosas, BK Sovacool - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Transboundary hydropower dams are sources of hydroelectricity supply that sit in shared
international rivers or watersheds, and/or generate benefits and costs that flow across …

The effects of regional trade integration and renewable energy transition on environmental quality: Evidence from South Asian neighbors

M Murshed, R Ahmed, C Kumpamool… - … Strategy and the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Improving environmental quality across South Asia has become one of the utmost important
policy agendas of the concerned governments. The susceptibility of the majority of the South …

[HTML][HTML] The political economy of net-zero transitions: Policy drivers, barriers, and justice benefits to decarbonization in eight carbon-neutral countries

BK Sovacool, DF Del Rio, W Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the political economy of decarbonization in eight countries over the
period 2000 to 2021/2022 that have already achieved a national net-zero transition. These …

Hydropolitics intertwined with geopolitics in the Brahmaputra River Basin

T Baruah, A Barua, S Vij - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The legacy of the sub‐continent has led to a complex geopolitical rivalry in the Brahmaputra
River Basin, shared by China, India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Each riparian state has a …

Beyond hydropower: towards an integrated solution for water, energy and food security in South Asia

G Rasul, N Neupane, A Hussain… - International journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
South Asia is energy-poor, water-stressed, and food-deficient, and these problems are
expected to intensify with high population growth, rapid economic growth and …

Does intermittency management improve public acceptance of wind energy? A discrete choice experiment in Ireland

N Brennan, TM van Rensburg - Energy research & social science, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to Ireland's abundant wind resources, the Irish government are focussing primarily on
wind energy to meet renewable electricity targets. However, due to intermittent wind speeds …

Hydro-energy cooperation in South Asia: Prospects for transboundary energy and water security

U Saklani, PP Shrestha, A Mukherji, CA Scott - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The last decade has witnessed rapid progress in energy cooperation between the countries
of the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) sub-region. Cooperation has been …

Comprehensive evaluation of machine learning models for suspended sediment load inflow prediction in a reservoir

MB Idrees, M Jehanzaib, D Kim, TW Kim - … Environmental Research and …, 2021 - Springer
Suspended sediment load (SSL) flowing into a reservoir contributes to the overall safety of
dam. Owing to the complexity and stochastic nature of sedimentation, accurate prediction of …

Representing hydropower in the dynamic power sector model and assessing clean energy deployment in the power generation mix of Nepal

K Gyanwali, R Komiyama, Y Fujii - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new modeling approach to incorporate operational characteristics of
different types of hydropower in long-term power sector models. The existing literature and …

[HTML][HTML] Transboundary hydropower in contested contexts: Energy security, capabilities, and justice in comparative perspective

C Llamosas, BK Sovacool - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
More than 70% of the dams under construction or planned in major river basins are
transboundary. In this paper, based on original data and field research in three continents …