The effect of hydroelectric power plants on the carbon emission: An example of Gokcekaya dam, Turkey

Bayazıt, Yıldırım

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2021.01.130

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“…The additional indicator is methane emissions by country (2019) associated with hydropower production. It should be noted that while hydropower generation does not produce large CO2 emissions, it has a substantial negative impact on river systems which results in floods, bottom sediments, weakening of the current, soil erosion, changes in morphodynamics, and natural system disruptions [81][82][83]. However, this impact was not taken into account due to its complex nature.…”

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Assessment of Energy Sustainability Issues in the Andean Community: Additional Indicators and Their Interpretation

2022

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To achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), it is necessary to solve the problem of assessing and measuring energy sustainability performance. A popular indicator used for this purpose is the World Energy Council (WEC) energy sustainability index, or the Energy Trilemma Index, which is based on such key metrics as energy security, energy equity, environmental sustainability, and country context. Each of the four metrics, or dimensions, includes many indicators that depend on both internal and external factors. By combining a variety of indicators into integral ones, WEC ranks countries in terms of energy sustainability. However, what is not taken into account is how countries differ in terms of economic development, income, energy mix, renewables use, ownership in the energy sector, and other factors, and neither is the methodology itself disclosed by the developers. As a provider for all other sectors of the economy, the energy sector plays an important role in developing countries. Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, being members of the Andean Community, are neighbors and have similar economic conditions but lack transnational power grid interconnections, which hinders the development of a common energy market. In terms of energy sustainability, these countries’ ranks range from 45 to 101, according to the Energy Trilemma Index. The aim of the study is to develop a new methodology for assessing energy sustainability performance that will factor in the specific features of developing countries with a high share of hydroelectricity generation, and to calculate energy sustainability index indicators taking into account contemporary requirements for sustainable development, which include developing green and renewable energy and fostering decarbonization. This research reveals whether the countries’ energy sustainability indices correspond to their actual performance in energy development and identifies the factors influencing the values of the metrics in the Energy Trilemma Index. The methodology can be used to integrate the energy sectors of countries, as it allows for evaluating the state of the energy sector of several countries (for example, those of the Andean Community) as a whole.

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Assessment of Energy Sustainability Issues in the Andean Community: Additional Indicators and Their Interpretation

2022

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“…One caveat is that the carbon intensities of some hydropower projects may be high and exceed the carbon intensities of fossil-fuel power projects, although carbon intensities of the majority of hydropower projects are often comparable to that of solar and wind projects. [25][26][27] The cause of the large range is the variation in biogenic methane emissions from project to project. 28 Given the difficulty of quantifying CO 2 emissions case by case due to data limitations and inconsistent methodological approaches, we assume hydropower projects in our sample to have zero carbon emissions.…”

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Climate Double Whammy: Assessing the Combined Climate Risks of Overseas Power Projects

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Gallagher

Chen

2022

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This study deploys new data and examines the combined climate risks−i.e., the combination of facilities’ climate change exposures and climate change impact−of bilaterally-financed global power projects from the world’s three biggest economies: the U.S., China, and Japan. We find a positive association between climate change impacts and climate change exposures across these overseas power projects. Specifically, coal power plants have significantly higher climate change impacts and climate change exposures. Although hydropower projects can have low climate change impacts, they have high climate change exposures compared to most other fuel types. Projects financed by the U.S., China, and Japan have similar climate change impacts and exposures. Greenfield foreign direct investment projects have lower combined climate risks than projects financed by development finance institutions.

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“…As a conclusion, He has stated that Turkey can achieve significant emission reductions by trading carbon in voluntary carbon markets and therefore should encourage these markets. In the study of Bayazıt [21], the emission reduction potential of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) has been determined, and the cost of carbon trading has been calculated with the emission reduction to be achieved by this project. Akbaş and Canikli [22] conducted a study to determine the reasons for companies to disclose voluntary GHG emissions in Turkey.…”

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Increasing voluntary carbon credits potential via renewable energy projects in Turkey

Özcan¹

2022

Pamukkale J Eng Sci

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The effect of hydroelectric power plants on the carbon emission: An example of Gokcekaya dam, Turkey

Cited by 30 publications

References 25 publications

Assessment of Energy Sustainability Issues in the Andean Community: Additional Indicators and Their Interpretation

Assessment of Energy Sustainability Issues in the Andean Community: Additional Indicators and Their Interpretation

Climate Double Whammy: Assessing the Combined Climate Risks of Overseas Power Projects

Increasing voluntary carbon credits potential via renewable energy projects in Turkey

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