Water consumption from hydropower plants &ndash; review of published estimates and an assessment of the concept

Bakken, T. H.; Killingtveit, Å.; Engeland, K.; Alfredsen, K.; Harby, A.

doi:10.5194/hess-17-3983-2013

Articles | Volume 17, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3983-2013

© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-3983-2013

© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 10

Review article

|

15 Oct 2013

Review article |

| 15 Oct 2013

Water consumption from hydropower plants – review of published estimates and an assessment of the concept

T. H. Bakken, Å. Killingtveit, K. Engeland, K. Alfredsen, and A. Harby

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