
Sustainable Hydropower in West Africa
Planning, Operation, and Challenges
Description
Key Features
- Presents the most current issues related to hydropower deployment and management in West Africa and regions with similar conditions
- Discusses key challenges, focusing on practical aspects and methodologies
- Explores the technological, sustainability and economic aspects to be considered when deploying, operating and maintaining hydropower plants in West Africa and similar regions
Readership
Engineering professionals in the field of hydropower, especially mechanical, electrical and environmental. Hydropower researchers, energy analysts and policy makers
Table of Contents
1. Climate Change and Hydro-Vision
2. Promoting Hydropower Research in Africa
3. Hydropower and the era of Climate Change and Carbon Financing
4. Hydropower development– Review of the Successes and Failures in the World
5. Climate Change and Societal Change
6. Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development and Energy Systems Integration
7. Hydropower Technologies – Opportunities and Challenges
8. Hydropower and Changing Economic Needs
9. Legislation on Hydropower Use and Development
10. Re-engineering Hydropower Plant for Improved Performance
11. Hydropower Generation in West Africa – the Working Solution Manual
Product details
- No. of pages: 232
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: January 2, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128130162
- eBook ISBN: 9780128130179
About the Editors
Amos Kabo-Bah
Affiliations and Expertise
Chukwuemeka Diji
Affiliations and Expertise
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