A5083880026- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
Politecnico di Milano
2023-2024
Despite relevant environmental, social, and financial risks, developing countries are increasingly pursuing hydropower development, including 300 new projects planned in Africa for a total of around 100 GW installed capacity. African rivers, however, among the most biodiverse ecosystems. Their unique biodiversity might be peril as generally designed according to techno-economic considerations, with limited consideration environmental aspects.In this work, we develop an integrated modeling...
Energy security in Africa is seriously compromised by the continent's degree of political instability. Corruption, armed conflicts, and ineffective governmental institutions impede maintenance existing energy infrastructure deter new foreign investment. As a result, many African nations face unreliable power supplies, hampering economic growth. This effect, however, usually overlooked large-scale systems planning, which often uniquely based on cost optimality considerations. study aims to...
As many developed countries prepare their transition to net zero emissions energy systems, Africa must plan a substantial expansion of its production sources, meet the growing demand driven by increasing population and access. Among existing capacity potential, hydropower plays an important role in providing clean cheap electricity. Yet, large schemes bring negative social, environmental, geopolitical externalities.Least-cost optimization models constrained satisfying predefined demands are...