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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15839| Título: | Greenhouse gas emissions from Brazil's Amazonian hydroelectric dams |
| Autor: | Fearnside, Philip Martin |
| Palavras-chave: | Climate Change Dams Fossil Fuels Free Energy Fuel Storage Gas Emissions Global Warming Greenhouse Gases Methane Petroleum Reservoirs Reservoirs (water) Solar Energy Tropics Brazilian Amazonia Electricity Generation Emissions-free Hydroelectric Dams Hydropower Policy Decisions Tropical Forest Wind And Solar Power Hydroelectric Power Plants Climate Change Dam Construction Electricity Generation Emission Inventory Energy Conservation Fossil Fuel Global Warming Greenhouse Gas Hydroelectric Power Plant Methane Solar Power Tropical Forest Wind Power Amazonia |
| Data do documento: | 2016 |
| Revista: | Environmental Research Letters |
| É parte de: | Volume 11, Número 1 |
| Abstract: | Tropical dams are often falsely portrayed as 'clean' emissions-free energy sources. The letter by de Faria et al (2015 Environ. Res. Lett. 10 124019) adds to evidence questioning this myth. Calculations are made for 18 dams that are planned or under construction in Brazilian Amazonia and show that emissions from storage hydroelectric dams would exceed those from electricity generation based on fossil fuels. Fossil fuels need not be the alternative, because Brazil has vast potential for wind and solar power as well as opportunities for energy conservation. Because dam-building is rapidly shifting to humid tropical areas, where emissions are higher than in other climatic zones, the impact of these emissions needs to be given proper weight in energy-policy decisions. © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/011002 |
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