Abstract
• Eleven operational hydropower plants in Ethiopia were environmentally assessed using LCA. • Medium-scale hydropower plants have higher impacts than large plants, which confirm the belief that large hydropower is cleaner than smaller one. • Construction and installation phase causes significant environmental impacts. • Contribution of transportation is less than 2%. • End-of-life recycling of metal scraps effectively leads to reduced metal depletion.
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