Ecological impacts of run-of-river hydropower plants—Current status and future prospects on the brink of energy transition

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The general perception of small run-of-river hydropower plants as renewable energy
sources with little or no environmental impacts has led to a global proliferation of this …

The major threats to Atlantic salmon in Norway

T Forseth, BT Barlaup, B Finstad, P Fiske… - ICES Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is an economically and culturally important species. Norway
has more than 400 watercourses with Atlantic salmon and supports a large proportion of the …

Governing the transition to renewable energy: A review of impacts and policy issues in the small hydropower boom

S Kelly-Richards, N Silber-Coats, A Crootof, D Tecklin… - Energy Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
The transition to renewable energy technologies raises new and important governance
questions. With small hydropower (SHP) expanding as part of renewable energy and …

Beaver dams attenuate flow: A multi‐site study

A Puttock, HA Graham, J Ashe… - Hydrological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Beavers can profoundly alter riparian environments, most conspicuously by creating dams
and wetlands. Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) populations are increasing and it has been …

[HTML][HTML] The public's perception of run-of-the-river hydropower across Europe

TE Venus, M Hinzmann, TH Bakken, H Gerdes… - Energy Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
A large share of future European hydropower projects will be run-of-the-river schemes. To
understand the potential for RoR hydropower development and modernization of the …

Development of a site selection methodology for run-of-river hydroelectric power plants within the water-energy-ecosystem nexus

P Temel, E Kentel, E Alp - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Even though water-energy systems and ecosystems have complex relationships, regional
energy policies seldom consider this connection. The current regional energy policies are …

Storage or run-of-river reservoirs: exploring the ecological effects of dam operation on stability and species interactions of fish assemblages

MT Baumgartner, PA Piana, G Baumgartner… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Water level variation has an important role in the biology of fish species, driving behavior,
feeding, and reproduction both in natural and modified environments. In reservoirs, different …

Exploring the dynamics of flow attenuation at a beaver dam sequence

HA Graham, AK Puttock, M Elliott… - Hydrological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Beavers influence hydrology by constructing woody dams. Using a Before After Control
Impact experimental design, we quantified the effects of a beaver dam sequence on the flow …

[PDF][PDF] Shaping changes in the ecological status of watercourses within barrages with hydropower schemes: literature review

P Tomczyk, M Wiatkowski - Archives of Environmental Protection, 2020 - bibliotekanauki.pl
Hydropower use of watercourses has tangible consequences for the environment, society
and economy. Based on a literature review and their own research, the authors present …

Run-of-River hydropower and salmonids: potential effects and perspective on future research

P Gibeau, BM Connors… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
The spatial footprint of individual run-of-river (RoR) hydropower facilities is smaller than
reservoir-storage hydroelectric projects and their impacts to aquatic ecosystems are often …