Solar-power replacement as a solution for hydropower foregone in US dam removals

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• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Nature Sustainability

• Publication date

  2019-09-01

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41893-019-0362-7
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