acoustic noise aerial visibility
effects agricultural intensification air quality altered flow rates
and patterns ambient temperature change aqueous radioactive pollution
behavioural interference carbon monoxide emissions catastrophic dam
burst catastrophic pollution potential cultural or community disruption
drainage disruption ecological or habitat disturbance
electromagnetic interference elevated water levels endangered
species impacts enhanced coastal erosion enshading or reflection
entrainment of aquatic biota eutrophication explosive or incendiary
effects fisheries interference food chain residues gaseous waste
volume management greenhouse gas emissions hazard to bird flight
heavy metal releases hydrogen sulphide emissions induced seismicity
induced subsidence interference with migration land use change
latent human health effects liquid waste volume management local
ambient CO2/O2 balance marine debris marine hydrocarbon releases
marine life morbidity mechanical hazards micro-climate effects
mutagenicity or teratogenicity navigational hazards nitrogen oxide
emissions occupational health occupational safety particulate
emissions prompt public health impacts psychological trauma
radioactive emissions resource depletion road traffic rural
population impacts salinity change sedimentation changes soil
acidification soil erosion soil sterilisation soil structure loss
soil toxification or contamination solid waste volume management
stratospheric ozone depletion sulphur oxide emissions thermal
radiation effects toxic aerial emissions tritiated water emissions
tropospheric ozone enhancement turbidity changes visual aesthetic
offence volatile organic emissions water abstraction demand water
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Commercial Availability technical feasibility state of
development implementation rates production capacity accessibility
of finance
Cost Effectiveness economic cost capital intensity
avoidable costs
Cost Stability fuel markets waste management
decommissioning cost of capital regulatory restrictions
System Integration power quality grid connection
conventional substitution unit size lead times dispatchability
ramp rates cycling rates
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Resource Sufficiency resource significance total
contribution
Conversion Efficiency
Resource Sustainability national depletion control
sustainable development
Domestic Self Reliance indigenous resources equipment
supply infrastructure
Vulnerability to Disruption military action political
action commercial action industrial action technical reliability
contingency measures flexibility
Portfolio Diversity resource options technological options
geographical locations commercial vendors commercial carriers
resource variability utility operators resource availability
exporting countries resource accessibility domestic unions
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Balance of Payments fuel imports equipment supply export
promotion
Economic Development regional development rural
development resource use
Employment employment intensity mode of employment
Industrial Policy stimulation of innovation technological
merit sectoral balance material requirements strategic
flexibility
Fiscal Issues public expenditure state guarantees
capital requirements tax revenues
Market Compatibility internal energy market
privatisability regulatory requirements commercial concentration
price transparency cost internalisation
Military Security capability implications vulnerability to
attack proliferation potential Foreign Relations special
relationships transboundary liabilities internat. collaboration
international development global political stability
Social Welfare wealth distribution fuel poverty
Political Attributes short term expediency public
acceptability siting public participation ownership and control
accountability centralisation cultural implications ideological
implications institutional continuity
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