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Most activities in our lives involve electricity. Yet, how often do we recall that even the simple act of turning on a light is supported by a long history of debates over group vs. individual rights, environmental impact, political agendas and technological innovations? Using the image of cross-currents as the organizing metaphor, this book details the many and often turbulent interactions and interconnections that occurred among the various people and events during the building of the northeastern Ontario hydroelectric system. Special focus is on Native and non-Native interests; southern business and political elites; northern natural resources and the interactions between technology and the environment. Manore concentrates on the co-operation that existed among the various interest groups during periods of expansion and amalgamation. In today’s environment of limited energy resources, respect for the rights of First Nations and ecological concerns, this book is a reminder that co-operation rather than conquest is a more realistic approach to development.

Hydroelectric power plants --- Centrales hydroélectriques --- History --- Histoire --- Ontario Hydro --- Moose River Watershed (Ont.) --- Moose, Bassin du (Ont.) --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies --- History. --- Centrales hydroélectriques --- Power plants, Hydroelectric --- Water-power electric plants --- Hydro Corporation of Ontario --- Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario --- Ontario. --- Centrales hydroelectriques --- Power-plants --- Electric power production --- Water-power --- Water resources development --- Histoire. --- Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation

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Fishes --- -Hydroelectric power plants --- -Fisheries --- -Coastal fisheries --- Commercial fisheries --- Commercial fishing industry --- Farms, Fish --- Fish farms --- Fishery industry --- Fishery methods --- Fishing industry --- Freshwater fisheries --- Inland fisheries --- Large-scale fisheries --- Marine fisheries --- Marine recreational fisheries --- Recreational fisheries --- Sea fisheries --- Sea fishing industry --- Sport fisheries --- Aquaculture --- Wildlife utilization --- Fishery sciences --- Power plants, Hydroelectric --- Water-power electric plants --- Electric power-plants --- Electric power production --- Water-power --- Water resources development --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Effect of dams on --- -Research --- -Statistical methods --- Environmental aspects --- Research --- Hydroelectric power plants --- Statistical methods. --- Environmental aspects. --- -Effect of dams on --- Power-plants --- Coastal fisheries --- Research&delete& --- Statistical methods --- Effect of dams on&delete&

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This Brief presents the multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques like Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) to find out the importance of the influencing factors to develop the Climatic Vulnerability Index (CVI) that will represent the vulnerability of the Hydro-Power Plant (HPP) to climatic abnormalities. The cognitive ability of neuro-genetic modeling is applied to minimize CVI so that the conditions required to reduce the effect of climate change on HPP can be identified. The results from the study are found to be encouraging. The scarcity and pollution potential of conventional sources of energy has enforced scientists worldwide to look for efficient, flexible, cost effective but reliable alternative energy resources. Among many available options the energy extracted from water was found to be the least expensive, most flexible and moderately reliable renewable energy source which has the potential to replace the dependency on conventional fuels.

Mechanical Engineering - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Hydroelectric power plants. --- Hydroelectric power plants --- Climatic changes --- Risk assessment. --- Economic aspects. --- Power plants, Hydroelectric --- Water-power electric plants --- Power-plants --- Electric power production --- Water-power --- Water resources development --- Renewable energy sources. --- Economic growth. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Energy Systems. --- Economic Growth. --- Water Industry/Water Technologies. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Renewable energy resources. --- Climate change. --- Energy systems. --- Water-supply. --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change

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This Brief presents the impact of climatic abnormalities on hydropower potential of different regions of the World. In this regard, multi-criteria decision making and neural network are used to predict the impact of the change cognitively by an index. The results from the study show that the hydro-energy potential of the Asian region is mostly vulnerable with respect to other regions of the World. The model results also encourage further application of the index to analyse the impact of climate change on potential of hydro-energy.

Mechanical Engineering - General --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Hydroelectric power plants --- Climatic changes --- Environmental aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Power plants, Hydroelectric --- Water-power electric plants --- Power-plants --- Electric power production --- Water-power --- Water resources development --- Renewable energy sources. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Water Industry/Water Technologies. --- Energy Systems. --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Renewable energy resources. --- Climate change. --- Water-supply. --- Energy systems. --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Environmental aspects --- Global environmental change

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Hydroelectric power stations are a major source of electricity around the world; understanding their dynamics is crucial to achieving good performance.  Modelling and Controlling Hydropower Plants discusses practical and well-documented cases of modelling and controlling hydropower station modelling and control, focussing on a pumped storage scheme based in Dinorwig, North Wales.  Single-input-single-output and multiple-input-multiple-output models, which cover the linear and nonlinear characteristics of pump-storage hydroelectric power stations, are reviewed. The most important dynamic features are discussed, and the verification of these models by hardware in the loop simulation is described. To show how the performance of a pump-storage hydroelectric power station can be improved, classical and modern controllers are applied to simulated models of the Dinorwig power plant. These include PID, fuzzy approximation, feed-forward and model-based predictive control with linear and hybrid prediction models. Modelling and Controlling Hydropower Plants will be of value to control engineers working in industry. In addition, the theoretical treatment of modern and classic controllers will be useful for academic researchers and graduate students in control and power engineering. Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.

Hydroelectric power plants --- Power plants, Hydroelectric --- Water-power electric plants --- Design and construction. --- Management. --- Engineering. --- Renewable energy resources. --- Control engineering. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Alternate energy sources. --- Green energy industries. --- Control. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Renewable and Green Energy. --- Energy Efficiency. --- Physics of Energy Technology. --- Green energy industries --- Energy industries --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Automation --- Programmable controllers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Power-plants --- Electric power production --- Water-power --- Water resources development --- Control and Systems Theory. --- Energy Systems. --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Energy efficiency. --- Energy systems. --- Consumption of energy --- Energy efficiency --- Fuel consumption --- Fuel efficiency --- Energy conservation --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators