Seasonal climate forecast skill assessment for the management of water resources in a run of river hydropower system in the Poqueira River (Southern Spain)

E Contreras, J Herrero, L Crochemore, C Aguilar… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Run of river (RoR) hydropower systems, despite being one of the most cost-effective and
environmentally benign energy technologies, have the disadvantage that production is not …

Smart climate hydropower tool: A machine-learning seasonal forecasting climate service to support cost–benefit analysis of reservoir management

AH Essenfelder, F Larosa, P Mazzoli, S Bagli… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study proposes a climate service named Smart Climate Hydropower Tool (SCHT) and
designed as a hybrid forecast system for supporting decision-making in a context of …

Skill assessment of a seasonal forecast model to predict drought events for water resource systems

J Madrigal, A Solera, S Suárez-Almiñana… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Droughts cause significant socio-economic and environmental impacts, so it has become an
extremely important element in decision-making within water resource systems. For this …

Advances in the definition of needs and specifications for a climate service tool aimed at small hydropower plants' operation and management

E Contreras, J Herrero, L Crochemore, I Pechlivanidis… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The operation feasibility of small hydropower plants in mountainous sites is subjected to the
run-of-river flow, which is also dependent on a high variability in precipitation and snow …

Management and operation of small hydropower plants through a climate service targeted at end-users

EC Arribas, JH Lantarón, CA Porro… - … on Environment and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The challenge to guarantee energy supply short and medium-term is essential for today's
energy sector in Europe. The high dependence on the weather of the renewable resources …

Climate indices impact in monthly streamflow series forecasting

JF De Toledo, HV Siqueira, LH Biuk, R Sacchi… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hydroelectricity has been widely deployed in many countries for decades, and remains the
main source of electricity in Canada, Norway, and Brazil. Despite the recent diversification …

[HTML][HTML] Development and application of a planning support system to assess strategies related to land and water resources for adaptation to climate change

B Ababaei, T Sohrabi, F Mirzaei - Climate Risk Management, 2014 - Elsevier
This study has developed and applied a planning support system (PSS)–a tool for planners
to analyze and choose the best policy instrument in order to adapt to climate change in the …

Climate informed monthly streamflow forecasts for the Brazilian hydropower network using a periodic ridge regression model

CHR Lima, U Lall - Journal of hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
Streamflow simulation and forecasts have been widely used in water resources
management, particularly for flood and drought analysis and for the determination of optimal …

Tailoring seasonal climate forecasts for hydropower operations

P Block - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2011 - hess.copernicus.org
Integration of seasonal precipitation forecasts into water resources operations and planning
is practically nonexistent, even in regions of scarcity. This is often attributable to water …

Stochastic Flow Analysis for Optimization of the Operationality in Run-of-River Hydroelectric Plants in Mountain Areas

R Gómez-Beas, E Contreras, MJ Polo, C Aguilar - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The highly temporal variability of the hydrological response in Mediterranean areas affects
the operation of hydropower systems, especially in run-of-river (RoR) plants located in …