• Energy Water Plants (Water loss through evaporation from reservoir (mcm))

    Energy Water Plants (Water loss through evaporation from reservoir allocated to hydropower aggregated by plant ID based on ratios (mcm)): Compilation of multiple databases: PLATTS [1], Energydata.info 2012 [2], WRI 2018 [3], Harvard 2010 [4]. [1] S&P Global Platts. World electric power plants database; 2016. https://www.platts.com/products/world-electric-power-plants-database. [2] Energydata.info. Africa – Power stations; 2012. https://energydata.info/en/dataset/africa-power-stations-2012. [3] WRI. Global power plants database; 2018. https://www.wri.org/publication/ global-power-plant-database. [4] Harvard. Africa power plants; 2010. http://worldmap.harvard.edu/data/geonode:africa_power_plants_gd4.

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    Sanchez, R. G., Seliger, R., Fahl, F., Felice, L. De, Ouarda, T. B. M. J., & Farinosi, F. (2020). Freshwater use of the energy sector in Africa. Applied Energy, 270(May), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115171
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    Africa
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  • extensionTechnical background
    Sanchez, R. G., Seliger, R., Fahl, F., Felice, L. De, Ouarda, T. B. M. J., & Farinosi, F. (2020). Freshwater use of the energy sector in Africa. Applied Energy, 270(May), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115171
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  • dashboardRelated SDGs and targets
    GOAL 7: Affordable and clean energy, GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • tocRelated Topics
    Water, Energy, Energy Production, Fossil Fuels
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