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RP-3.4 Climate change and ecological flows

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  • FP Framework program
  • RP 1 - Future Hydropower plants
  • RP 2 - More power and energy
  • RP 3 - Hydropower in a changing climate
    • RP-3.1 Adaptation and opportunities for hydropower due to changed hydrological inflow and seasonality
    • RP-3.2 Develop knowledge and strategies for the role of hydropower with reservoirs in climate adaptation
    • RP-3.4 Climate change and ecological flows
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Climate change and ecological flows

RP-3.4

Climate change and ecological flows

The project RP-3.4 aims to develop a win-win toolkit that balances hydropower production and environmental needs for ecological flow under changing inflow conditions.

A virtual environment (TwinLab) will be tested using synthetic data, addressing modifications identified in previous RP3 tasks.

Additionally, strategies will be developed to optimize the system under future climate scenarios, transitioning from static flow releases to dynamic, demand-based minimum flow agreements. This involves analyzing environmental responses across habitat trajectories (past, present, and future) and adapting optimizations using environmental data to ensure system flexibility under climate change.

The approach combines hydropower, hydraulic, and environmental models to achieve sustainable outcomes. 

Contact RP-3.4

Contact RP-3.4

Contact RP-3.4

Project leader Markus Foerst

Project participants: 

  • SINTEF Energy
  • NINA
  • NORCE

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