Hydropower is a key component of global pursuit of clean energy, but climate change, land use and land coverage changes have brought significant challenges to the sustainability of people. Emmanuel Kekle Ahialey, Emmanuel Kekle Ahia, the latest system of Professor Samuel Gyamfi of the University of Ghana Energy and Natural Resources, Professor Amos Tiereyangn Kabo-Bah Evaluation, Ghana’s Samuel Gyamfi studied the impact of these environmental factors on the production of hydropower and its future development. The study was published on Heliyon on Heliyon, and learned a wide range of academic sources to analyze the complex relationship between hydropower, climate change, and land use and land coverage.
Researchers focus on understanding the use of temperature, precipitation mode and extreme weather events (such as drought and floods) that affect the availability of water resources necessary for hydropower. “Climate change is one of the main threats to consistent hydropower,” Ahiali explained. He pointed out that the fluctuation of rainfall is unstable due to the rise in temperature and the water flow required by the hydropower grief, which directly threatens energy production capacity. In addition, forest delaying, urban expansion and agricultural activities help changes in land coverage, which further affects the hydrological cycle and reduce the utilization of water.
One key to the comments is the close correlation between the degeneration of the climate -driven traffic and the reduction of hydropower potential. Studies have shown that the changes in land use and land coverage can destroy the availability of natural water, but when combined with climate change, the impact will increase. For example, the area where experienced forests are cut off often reduce the preservation of soil moisture, which destroys groundwater charging and leading to irregular water flow. This phenomenon is particularly prominent in tropical areas that have been recorded in a widely recorded forest coverage. In addition, the study emphasizes that extreme climatic events are intensifying, especially in areas that are prone to seasonal drought, which brings the risk of increasing hydropower reliability.
Urbanization is also a key factor that affects hydropower, because the transformation of natural landscapes to the urban environment can cause a increased runoff and a decrease in soil water absorption. This reduces the stability of the traffic required for effective hydropower production. In this study, Ahialey and his colleagues emphasized that these factors are shaping the role of sustainable hydropower development in the future, which indicates that if the climate change is not resolved and the use of land use changes, the growth of hydropower infrastructure may face substantial obstacles.
All in all, the researchers concluded that it is a subtle method to achieve sustainable hydropower in the changing climate requirements, which can solve climate adaptation and sustainable land management. Encourage afforestation, regulate the policy of urban expansion near the river and river, and predict that the future climate situation may reduce the adverse effect on hydropower production. This research reminds the climate, land use and energy interconnection in a timely manner, and urges further investigation and policy adjustment to support hydropower as an flexible clean energy for the next few years.
Journal reference
Ahialey, EK, Kabo -Bah, AT and Gyamfi, S. Heliyon, 9 (2023). Doi: https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21247
About the author
Emmanuel Kekle Ahialey At present, a doctorate doctoral degree (2020-2024) candidate for the University of Energy and Natural Resources at the University of Energy and Environment. He has MSC energy and sustainable management of Kumasi-Ghana Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Prior to this, he obtained B.Ed Technology from the Kumasi campus of the University of Education University, and is now known as the AKENTEN Appiah-Menka skill training and entrepreneur development. He also organized an online course of ten to weekly for the ambitious entrepreneur to win the Global Entrepreneur Certificate (GCIE) for him. Emmanuel is an ambitious and self -motivated mentor with many years of teaching experience and practical knowledge. His research focuses on climate change, land coverage (Lulc), hydrological and sustainable development issues. His doctoral dissertation is concentrated on the impact of Lulc and climate change on the production and development of hydropower. So far, he has published two (2) scientific papers and a book from a doctoral dissertation. The remaining chapters are reviewing in different journals. He is a reviewer of different scientific journals in the world, a member of the Scientific Committee edited by the Asian Science Commission and a member of the Science Committee of the International Civil Engineering Conference of the Year. Emmanuel is enthusiastic about the development of the next generation of manpower. He is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience with colleagues and students around the world. He is looking forward to the work of the lecturer and post -doctoral positions in any university around the world. In his free time, Emmanuel loved nature and joged to maintain health. His professional knowledge has made him a valuable asset of any organization who loves the team. ,,,,,
ING. AMOS TIEREYANGN Kabo-Bah Professor He is an associate professor at the International Relations Office of Energy and Natural Resources University, and is currently the dean. Previously, he was the head of the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Engineering’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, between 2015 and 2020. And West Africa’s Climate (Universe 2) Plan and Senior Fire Information System (AFIS); and Ghana Carbon Plan. He is a member of the Planning Board of Planning of the Earth Observation Group (GEO) group; the intergovernmental organization is committed to improving the availability of Earth observations, obtaining and use, so as to benefit the society. Under the GEO plan, he is the scientific committee of the Geo Aquawatch plan, and is also a professor of the strategic direction and implementation timetable of the formulation of GEO land degradation and neutralization (LDN). He is also a member of the Scientific Guidance Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Global Climate Observation System (GCO). He is a editor-in-chief of Oriental Chemistry Magazine (OJC), editor of information technology and engineering-science African magazine, and deputy editor of the Energy and Natural Resources Management Magazine (Jenrm). Mr. Kabo-Bah at Kumasi, Ghana and MSC Environmental Water Literature at the University of Dutch Witt at the University of Dutch Witt received Kwame NKRUMAH University of Science and Technology (Knust). In 2013, he obtained doctoral hydrology and water resources at Hohai University in Nanjing, China, and later obtained a study on post -doctoral research on climate change on the influence of Hydropower of Nigeria Ibanan University.
Samuel gyamfi It is an associate professor at the Department of Renewable Energy Engineering and the current head of the Department of Renewable Energy Engineering of Ghana Sunyani Energy and Natural Resources University. He is the deputy director of the energy and environmental sustainability region (RCEES) of the Energy and Natural Resources University of Ghana Sunyani. Samuel currently leads the implementation of $ 5 million between the Generon Government and the Government of the People’s Republic of China. He played a key role in writing and establishing a RCEE proposal. This is one of the world’s bank’s excellent development center in Uenr. He is a local project coordinator of the EU project of EEIS-Hea. Samuel obtained a doctorate degree in 2010, the mechanical engineering of the University of Kanterbury University in New Zealand (specializing in the evaluation and modeling of residential power demand response and modeling) and a master’s degree in energy system from the University of Yaxing University of Applied Science in 2004. He received his bachelor’s degree in Earth Engineering from Knust in 2001. His main research interest is the management of public utilities and how to use artificial factors to develop technology and communication systems to improve energy efficiency.
