Regional water consumption for hydro and thermal electricity ...

This study estimated the regional water consumption factors (WCFs) for thermal and hydro electricity generation in the United States.

Regional water consumption for hydro and thermal electricity

This study estimated the regional water consumption factors (WCFs) for thermal and hydro electricity generation in the United States, because the WCFs of these ...

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Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Regional water consumption for hydro and thermal electricity generation in the United States" by Uisung Lee et al.

Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production - NREL

different geographic regions to allow for analysis and interpretation of regional hydroelectric power water ... water use for thermal and hydroelectric ...

Lee, U., Han, J., Elgowainy, A. and Wang, M. (2017) Regional Water ...

(2017) Regional Water Consumption for Hydro and Thermal Electricity Generation in the United States. Applied Energy, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j ...

A regional assessment of the water embedded in the US electricity ...

... water consumed at the PoG. Absolute water consumption and consumptive intensity is driven by thermal power plant cooling requirements.

Regional water consumption for hydro and thermal electricity ... - OUCI

Diehl TH, Harris MA. Withdrawal and consumption of water by thermoelectric power plants in the United States, 2010. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); ...

Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production - NREL

A literature search of water use for thermal and hydroelectric ... different geographic regions to allow for analysis and interpretation of regional hydroelectric ...

Thermoelectric Power Water Use | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

On average, 15 gallons (gal) of water was used to produce 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity in 2015, compared to almost 19 gallons per kilowatt-hour in 2010.

Water for thermal power plants: Understanding a piece of the water ...

From a regional water consumption perspective, non-cooling plant processes are usually negligible; however, these streams of water contain ...

A regional assessment of the water embedded in the US electricity ...

by thermal power plant cooling requirements. Regional consumption intensities vary by roughly a factor of 20. This variability is largely ...

Regional water consumption for hydro and thermal electricity ...

Regional water consumption for hydro and thermal electricity generation in the United States. Uisung Lee, Jeongwoo Han, Amgad Elgowainy, Michael Wang · Details ...

Analysis of Water Consumption Associated with Hydroelectric Power ...

However, in fully allocated river networks the construction of excess storage capacity may decrease regional water availability. ... hydropower generation at ...

Regional and seasonal water stress analysis of United States ...

Of the 401 counties with thermoelectric power plants using fresh water for cooling, 80 counties in February and 160 counties in August had fresh ...

What methods of electricity generation use the most water?

Wind and solar PV have the lowest levels of water use compared to thermal power generation do in large power because they require no cooling system.

Regional water consumption intensity is highly variable across the...

It is worth noting that EWIF should account for the entire life cycle of power generation, so the water consumption in upstream electricity production (e.g., ...

Water Use in the United States Energy System

Major consumers include biofuels (via irrigation), oil (via deep well injection, usually of nonfreshwater), and hydropower (via evaporation and ...

Water consumption from hydropower plants - HESS - Recent

... hydropower plant would typically overestimate the water consumption for this individual plant. ... regional study on the impacts of the water ...

Water Stress Threatens Nearly Half the World's Thermal Power Plant ...

... thermal and hydroelectric power are highly dependent on water to produce electricity. ... use and power plant water consumption is ...

The Water Footprint of Hydropower Production—State of the Art and ...

This paper reviews published estimates of water consumption from hydropower production and the methodologies applied.