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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 551, 2024
International Conference on Electronics, Engineering Physics and Earth Science (EEPES 2024)
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| Article Number | 02001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Renewable Energy and Green Technologies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202455102001 | |
| Published online | 17 July 2024 | |
Water and carbon footprints for Vidraru hydropower development, Romania
1 NUST POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Hydraulics, Hydraulic Machinery and Environmental Engineering Department, Bucharest, 060041, Romania
2 University of Ruse, Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Ruse, 7017, Bulgaria
* Corresponding author: l_vuta@yahoo.com
Although the important positive effects that lakes have ondevelopment at the regional level and beyond, they also have a negativeimpact related to the large amounts of water that they can consume byevaporation. This paper quantifies the effects that one of the largestartificial lakes in Romania (with complex use) has on the environment byestimating the blue water footprint and the carbon footprint. Thus, ananalysis is made of the evolution of the blue water footprint and carbonintensity (calculated for a 100-year life cycle) for 16 years and Pearsoncorrelation coefficients for these indicators are investigated. During the2008-2023 study period, the mean water footprint for the Vidraruhydropower plant was 5.07 m3/GJ and the carbon intensity varies between7.1 to 5.24 gCO2/kWh, with a polynomial trend. Those results are in goodagreement compared with the literature presenting results related to largereservoirs.
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