DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2014.043
论文题名: An assessment of reservoir filling policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
作者: King A. ; Block P.
刊名: Journal of Water and Climate Change
ISSN: 20402244
出版年: 2014
卷: 5, 期: 2 起始页码: 233
结束页码: 243
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate change
; Ethiopia
; Hydropower
; Nile river basin
; Water management
; Water policy
英文摘要: Africa's largest hydropower facility is currently under construction on the main stem of the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is poised to facilitate regional development with a 63 billion cubic meter reservoir and 6,000 MW of power generating capacity. To date, however, no reservoir filling rate policy has been established. This policy will have clear implications on the GERD's ability to generate hydropower in the near-term and coincidentally impact people and livelihoods in Sudan and Egypt through reduced streamflow availability. Implications of climate variability and emerging climate change within Ethiopia cast further uncertainty on potential filling policies and system operations. To address this challenge, numerous filling policies are evaluated through a climate-sensitivity approach to estimate impacts on reservoir filling time, hydropower production, and downstream flows. This provides viable and timely points of comparison for regional water managers and politicians negotiating system operations in the midst of ongoing project construction. © IWA Publishing 2014. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/67718
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Recommended Citation:
King A.,Block P.. An assessment of reservoir filling policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam[J]. Journal of Water and Climate Change,2014-01-01,5(2)