The construction of large hydropower plants involves potentially high risks for the health and lives of persons as well as for the environment. Therefore a particularly high level of safety is required for such plants. The implementation of such high safety standards in power plants begins with construction measures such as the selection of suitable material, dimensions and monitoring the quali...

The implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the spread covid-19 in Malaysia has resulted an increased financial burden on people especially those from low-income group. Therefore, taking advantage promising renewable energy as free source electricity could subsequently reduce borne by this Hence, paper conducts analysis using MATLAB/Simulink software, assess viability small-scale...

Currently, hydropower accounts for close to 16% of the world’s total power supply and is the world’s most dominant (86%) source of renewable electrical energy. The key resource for hydropower generation is runoff, which is dependent on precipitation. The future global climate is uncertain and thus poses some risk for the hydropower generation sector. The crucial question and challenge then is w...

A number of algorithms have been developed for the optimization of power plant maintenance schedules. However, the true test of such algorithms occurs when they are applied to real systems. In this paper, the application of an Ant Colony Optimization formulation to a hydropower system is presented. The formulation is found to be effective in handling various constraints commonly encountered in ...

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