Program Tuesday - SUSHP 2023
Program Tuesday
Tuesday 13. June
Moderators: Dana McCoskey (US Dep of Energy) & Anders Iversen (NEA)
10:00 Welcome address, setting the scene - Striking the right balance between hydropower and ecology
Anders Iversen (NEA, NO)
10:15 Key challenges and opportunities addressed in Sweden
Jakob Granit (SWAM, SE)
10:30 The role of hydropower in the green transition
Martin C. Brittain & Kjetil Lund (NVE, NO)
10:45 The Role of Hydropower in Clean Energy Transition: A World Bank Perspective on Environmental and Social Standards (ESS)
Pravin Karki (World Bank)
11:00 KEYNOTE: Hydropower and EU policy on water management, biodiversity, and climate adaptation
Wouter van de Bund (EU JRC)
11:50 Going forward, the only acceptable hydropower is sustainable hydropower – a bold statement, but can it be followed up with action?
Pablo Valverde (IHA)
12:05 EU Hydropower balances targets for climate and environment
Anne Bolle (Eurelectric/Statkraft)
12:20 Green for real? Have you asked the eel?
Åsa Renman et al. (The Norwegian Biodiversity Network, Sabima)
12:35 Panel discussion 1: – Dilemmas and solutions to ensure a climate and nature friendly hydropower production.
Moderators: Tor Simon Pedersen (Dep of Climate and Environment, NO) & Dana McCoskey (US Dep of Energy)
Moderator: Jakob Granit (SWAM, SE) & Wouter van de Bund (EU JRC)
14:00 KEYNOTE: An Overview of Environmentally Sustainable Hydropower in the United States Viewed Through the Lens of EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities
Brenda Pracheil, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
14:30 Approaches for Sustainable Hydropower use in Austria.
Gisela Ofenböck (Federal Ministry, AT)
Franz Greimel (BOKU, AT)
14:55 Overview of mitigation measures implemented in France to reduce ecological impacts of hydropower
Veronique Gouraud (EDF, FR)
15:20 National plan for revision of hydropower in Sweden
Anders Skarstedt (SWAM, SE)
15:40 An overview of emerging management practise to reduce ecological impacts from hydropower in Norway
Oda Bjærke (NVE, NO)
16:20 Balancing increased capacity and flexibility with environmental values in a proposed redevelopment of an existing hydropower scheme
Marie Egerrup et al., Hydro Tasmania
16:40 KEYNOTE: Mitigation measures revisited – environmental effects, costs and endurance
Ulrich Pulg et al. (NORCE)
17:10 Panel discussion 2: How should the hydropower sector contribute best to solve both the energy-, nature- and climate crisis?
Moderators: Tor Simon Pedersen (Dep of Climate and Environment, NO) & Jakob Granit (SWAM, SE)
17:40 Speed presentations of posters
Moderator: Tor Haakon Bakken (NTNU, NO)
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Aperitíf and three course menu (Registration required).
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