Novel Developments for Sustainable Hydropower

This open-access book explores innovative hydropower developments across 8 European countries, providing insights into challenges, practices, and policies. It offers practical case studies to inspire sustainable hydropower solutions, considering water, environmental, and energy legislation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 223 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This open-access book presents (selected) novel and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower. It offers unique insights into the challenges, practices, and policies of hydropower developments across 8 European countries, providing examples from on-site studies and European-wide analyses. The case studies throughout the book are practical "real-world" examples, intended to serve as inspiration for anyone who would like to know more about how solutions for more sustainable hydropower production can be designed and implemented.

Hydropower is an important renewable energy source, which, however, can also impact aquatic ecosystems, fish populations, and hydro-morphology. EU and national water, environmental, and energy legislation strive for sustainable energy and water resource management as well as the protection of important habitats and species. These have an effect on the requirements and decision-making processes for hydropower planning, commissioning, and operation. With a high variety of measures existing and site-specific conditions as well as national and EU level legal requirements to consider, it can be difficult to determine, what issues to address and which measures to implement.

This open-access book presents (selected) novel and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower. It offers unique insights into the challenges, practices, and policies of hydropower developments across 8 European countries, providing examples from on-site studies and European-wide analyses. The case studies throughout the book are practical "real-world" examples, intended to serve as inspiration for anyone who would like to know more about how solutions for more sustainable hydropower production can be designed and implemented.

Hydropower is an important renewable energy source, which, however, can also impact aquatic ecosystems, fish populations, and hydro-morphology. EU and national water, environmental, and energy legislation strive for sustainable energy and water resource management as well as the protection of important habitats and species. These have an effect on the requirements and decision-making processes for hydropower planning, commissioning, and operation. With a high variety of measures existing and site-specific conditions as well as national and EU level legal requirements to consider, it can be difficult to determine, what issues to address and which measures to implement.

This open-access book presents (selected) novel and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower. It offers unique insights into the challenges, practices, and policies of hydropower developments across 8 European countries, providing examples from on-site studies and European-wide analyses. The case studies throughout the book are practical "real-world" examples, intended to serve as inspiration for anyone who would like to know more about how solutions for more sustainable hydropower production can be designed and implemented.

Hydropower is an important renewable energy source, which, however, can also impact aquatic ecosystems, fish populations, and hydro-morphology. EU and national water, environmental, and energy legislation strive for sustainable energy and water resource management as well as the protection of important habitats and species. These have an effect on the requirements and decision-making processes for hydropower planning, commissioning, and operation. With a high variety of measures existing and site-specific conditions as well as national and EU level legal requirements to consider, it can be difficult to determine, what issues to address and which measures to implement.

This open-access book presents (selected) novel and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower. It offers unique insights into the challenges, practices, and policies of hydropower developments across 8 European countries, providing examples from on-site studies and European-wide analyses. The case studies throughout the book are practical "real-world" examples, intended to serve as inspiration for anyone who would like to know more about how solutions for more sustainable hydropower production can be designed and implemented.

Weight: 420g
Dimension: 240 x 168 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030991371
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022