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 …

Water-energy-ecosystem nexus: Balancing competing interests at a run-of-river hydropower plant coupling a hydrologic–ecohydraulic approach

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The water-energy-ecosystem nexus represents a complex interlinkage that depends on the
flow regime type. Inadequate environmental flows setting may adversely affect the riverine …

[HTML][HTML] 100 key questions to guide hydropeaking research and policy

DS Hayes, MC Bruno, M Alp, I Boavida… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the share of renewable energy grows worldwide, flexible energy production from peak-
operating hydropower and the phenomenon of hydropeaking have received increasing …

Hydropeaking operations of two run-of-river mega-dams alter downstream hydrology of the largest Amazon tributary

RM Almeida, SK Hamilton, EJ Rosi, N Barros… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Large storage dams have widely documented impacts on downstream aquatic
environments, but hydroelectric dams with little or no capacity for storage of water inflows (ie …

Effects of cold and warm thermopeaking on drift and stranding of juvenile European grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

S Auer, DS Hayes, S Führer… - River Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intermittent water releases from hydropower plants, called hydropeaking, negatively affect
river biota. The impacts mainly depend on hydrological alterations, but changes in physical …

Techno-economic assessment of photovoltaic plants considering high temporal resolution and non-linear dynamics of battery storage

A Castillejo-Cuberos, JM Cardemil, R Escobar - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The addition of energy storage systems for photovoltaic plants in order to provide reliability
and flexibility in their dispatch is a very active line of research, as it studies plant design …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalization and real-time control to mitigate environmental impacts along rivers: Focus on artificial barriers, hydropower systems and European priorities

E Quaranta, MD Bejarano, C Comoglio… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydropower globally represents the main source of renewable energy, and provides several
benefits, eg, water storage and flexibility; on the other hand, it may cause significant impacts …

Classification of hydropeaking impacts on Atlantic salmon populations in regulated rivers

TH Bakken, A Harby, T Forseth… - River Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article proposes and demonstrates a new classification system of fish population level
effects of hydropeaking operations in rivers. The classification of impacts is developed along …

Life stage-specific hydropeaking flow rules

DS Hayes, M Moreira, I Boavida, M Haslauer, G Unfer… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Peak-operating hydropower plants are usually the energy grid's backbone by providing
flexible energy production. At the same time, hydropeaking operations are considered one …

Hydropeaked rivers need attention

RJ Batalla, CN Gibbins, J Alcázar… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydropower is considered a renewable form of energy production, but generating electricity
from rivers is not always environmentally benign. The global demand for renewables is …