The role of hydropower in the renewable energy industry in reducing CO2 emissions in COVID-19

Abstract

Become a necessary strategy for curbing a fast rise in infections because of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) social pandemic distance. However, the government's strategy has had an effect on the life and socio-economic activities of citizens because the pandemic had to be coping with new adaptive measures. The study therefore explores the links between the existing COVID-19 hydropower pandemic and the reduction of CO2 emissions in the power sector. This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic trend in the hydropower and energy sector in relation to reduction of CO2 emissions by systematically reviewing secondary information from document reports and existing literatures. Findings from this article provide empirical evidence for the COVID-19 effect of a CO2 emission reduction during a pandemic on the hydroelectric and energy sectors. More importantly, the findings of the study examine COVID-19's energy relations, its influence on the hydroelectricity sectors as compared to other renewables, COVID-19's impact on energy and oil demand as well as COVID-19's lock-up relationship on CO2 emissions reduction. Finally, policymakers are led to choose to produce sustainable energy and to reduce CO2 emissions.