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EC-JRC
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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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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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2016
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Not Updated
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Africa
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Countries
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The surface areas (km²) of all reservoirs subject to hydropower production is aggregated for each country. Reservoir surfaces are derived from the JRC Yearly Water Classification History, v1.1 (EC JRC/Google, 2019b), which bases on the JRC Monthly Water History, v1.1 (EC JRC/Google, 2019a) derived from Landsat imagery (Pekel et al. 2016).
References:
* EC JRC/Google. (2019a). JRC Monthly Water History, v1.1. Retrieved October 1, 2019, from https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/JRC_GSW1_1_MonthlyHistory
* EC JRC/Google. (2019b). JRC yearly water classification history, V.1.1. Retrieved October 5, 2019, from https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/JRC_GSW1_1_YearlyHistory
* Pekel, J. F., Cottam, A., Gorelick, N., & Belward, A. S. (2016). High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes. Nature, 540(7633), 418–422. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20584
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Hydropower plants with the following characteristics are considered: i) installed capacity above 5MW, ii) unambiguous identification of power plant location and iii) artificial water accumulation in reservoir associated with hydropower plant operation. Since water surfaces are derived from optical satellite imagery (Landsat), reservoir areas may be slightly underestimated when partially covered by clouds, vegetation or satellite image artefacts (Landsat).
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GOAL 07: Affordable and clean energy, GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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