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Hydropower Capacity Case Study

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According to the data in 2013, five top countries that have the largest hydropower capacity, which are China, Brazil, United States, Canada, and Russia, occupied over half of hydropower global capacity (Ren21). China takes 26%, Brazil takes 8.6%, United States takes 7.8%, Canada takes 7.6%, Russia 4.7%, and ‘rest of country’ takes 45.4% of the global hydropower capacity. As annual global capacity reaches 1000GW, China reaches 260GW by itself, while Brazil generates 86GW. Hydropower electricity generated from China is greater than 3times of Brazil’s.
To compare hydropower electricity generated in 2012 to 2013, all top 5 counties showed the acceleration (Ren21). China and Turkey were the top 2 that accelerates the most; China had increased about 29GW from 2012, which is around 7.93% of domestic total, and Turkey ascended 2.9GW from 2012, which is around 6.90% of domestic total (Ren21). Even …show more content…

Nepal attempts to achieve several sectors: facilitate water resources in everywhere, set reasonable price on hydropower electricity, and extend rural electrification to promote developments of rural economy (His Majesty's Government). Furthermore, Nepal government intervention on hydropower to fulfill the domestic electricity demand, and maximize the benefits of water resources (His Majesty's Government).
Similar to Nepal, Turkey also considers economical aspect significantly; however, Turkey puts relatively balanced efforts on environments as well. Turkey’s policies are divided into two, which are “Electricity market licensing regulation”, and “utilization of renewable energy resources for the purpose of generating electrical energy” (Erdogdu, Erkan). In order to approach, Turkey views the advantages and disadvantages that hydropower impacts on economy critically (Erdogdu, Erkan). Additionally, Turkey schemes to provide developmental education for engineer and contractor for environmental dam

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