Novel Developments for Sustainable Hydropower

This open access book presents (selected) new and innovative developments for sustainable and fish-friendly hydropower.

Introduction - the status of sustainable hydropower development.- Policy and socioeconomic framework for hydropower mitigation.- Policy framework and financing instruments.- Costs of mitigation measures.- Public acceptance of hydropower.- Risks and Impacts on fish populations from hydropower.- Fish migration facilities.- The attractiveness of fishways and bypass facilitites.- Downstream fish passage technologies: design and implementation of fish guidance structure-bypass system for small to large HPPs.- Turbine passage.- New ways for risk assessment and decision making on mitigation measures.- Assessment tools.- Idenfiying mitigation scenarios that meet environemtal, ecological and legal requirements.- Comparing the effectiveness of alternative measures for existing hydropower plants.- Conclusion.

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