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Title: | Methane stocks in tropical hydropower reservoirs as a potential energy source |
Authors: | Ramos, Fernando Manuel Bambace, Luís Antonio Waack Lima, Ivan Bergier Tavares Rosa, Reinaldo Roberto Mazzi, Edmar Antônio Fearnside, Philip Martin |
Keywords: | Air Purification Gas Turbines Methane Tropics Energy Supplies Generate Electricities Hydropower Reservoirs Recovery Strategies Renewable Energy Sources Transport Applications Tropical Reservoirs Renewable Energy Resources Cost-benefit Analysis Hydroelectric Power Innovation Methane Renewable Resource Reservoir Tropical Environment South America |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Climatic Change |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 93, Número 1-2, Pags. 1-13 |
Abstract: | Several studies over the last decade have shown that tropical reservoirs may constitute an appreciable source of methane (CH4) to the atmosphere. Here, we show that the use of low-cost, innovative mitigation and recovery strategies is able not only to reduce these emissions, but also to transform existing biogenic methane stocks into a renewable energy source. Recovered gas may be pumped to large consuming centers or stored locally and burned by gas turbines to generate electricity during high-demand periods, or even purified for transport applications. Our analysis shows that the use of biogenic methane may increase considerably the energy supply in countries, like Brazil, which possess large tropical reservoirs. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1007/s10584-008-9542-6 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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