Sustainable hydropower presentations

Environmentally friendly hydropower was the topic at the international conference "Sustainability in Hydropower".  The presentations are now available online.

How can we achieve both power production and a healthy environment in and around the regulated rivers? That is the overarching focus of many of the presentations, and several HydroCen researchers contributed to the programme:

Effects of planned hydropower dams and barriers on river connectivity in the Balkan region, Mauro Carolli, SINTEF

Methods, indicators and solutions for sustainable hydropower, Atle Harby, SINTEF

Long-term changes in riverscapes, Knut Alfredsen, NTNU

Physical Environmental Impacts on a hydropower reservoir under different operational modes, Ana Adeva Bustos, SINTEF

CoolHydro, Lennart Schönfelder, SINTEF

CIEA Hydro Roadmap for best solutions for hydropower and fish, Ana Adeva Bustos, SINTEF

Using turbulent eddies to guide fish, Ana T. Silva, NINA

A critical review of best practice mitigation, Jo Halvard Halleraker, NTNU

Many of HydroCen's collaborators also presented interesting topics:

Environmentally Sustainable Hydropower in the United States, v/Dr. Brenda Pracheil Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

Balancing increased capacity v/Marie Egerrup, HydroTasmania

Mitigation measures revisited – environmental effects, costs and endurance, Ulrich Pulg, NORCE

New method for passing substrate over weirs, Tom Jacobsen, SediCon

U.S. Department of Energy's Hydropower Program Overview, Dana N. McCoskey, Water Power Technologies Office U.S. Department of Energy

The presentations are divided into playlists for DAY 1, DAY 2, and DAY 3.

You will also find PDF's of the conference presentations here.