ReHydro: Demonstration of Sustainable Hydropower Refurbishment
Start Date
2024End Date
2028Description
The main objective of ReHydro is to demonstrate how European hydropower can be refurbished and modernized to be fit for a leading role in the future power system respecting sustainability...
ÖkoResch: ÖkoResch: Achievement of good ecological potential in high alpine residual water sections and flow-affected waters
Start Date
2020End Date
2026Description
The EU Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD) has established specific environmental objectives for water bodies that are threatened by pollution.This research project aims to provide the foundation for defining Good Ecological...
HydroFlex: Increasing the value of Hydropower through increased Flexibilty
Start Date
2018End Date
2022Description
HydroFlex aims to increase the value of hydro power through increased Flexibility. The commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been...
EUROFLOW: A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins
Start Date
2017End Date
2022Description
The regulation of river flows is one of the biggest stressors affecting river ecosystems across the world. In many westernised countries, major legislative efforts are therefore underpinning the development of...
SuREmMa+: SuREmMa+ - Integrative economic and environmental assessment of measures for mitigating hydropeaking - hydraulic / morphological analysis
Start Date
2017End Date
2019Description
The SuREmMa project developed a tool for assessing the ecological impact of man-made runoff fluctuations in the SuREmMa + project to: a) record the actual hydro-morphological status in impacted rivers,...
SuREmMa: Sustainable Rivermanagement- Energy and environmental assessment of potential flow fluctuation mitigation measures
Start Date
2014End Date
2017Description
The SuREmMa project provides a nationally applicable, practically tested scientific evaluation tool to assess and weigh various wave-damping action scenarios in accordance with the Water Framework Directive. This assessment will...
