The effects of hydropeaking on riverine plants: a review

MD Bejarano, R Jansson, C Nilsson - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydropeaking refers to frequent, rapid and short‐term fluctuations in water flow and water
levels downstream and upstream of hydropower stations. Such fluctuations are becoming …

Ecologically-based criteria for hydropeaking mitigation: A review

M Moreira, DS Hayes, I Boavida, M Schletterer… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydroelectric power plants managed in response to sub-daily changes of the electricity
market undergo rapid variations of turbine discharge, entailing quickly fluctuating water …

Influence of hydrologically based environmental flow methods on flow alteration and energy production in a run-of-river hydropower plant

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing demand for renewable energy has led to a massive expansion of the small-scale
hydropower plants and particularly those of run-of-river type. Meanwhile, the awareness …

Evaluating effects of dam operation on flow regimes and riverbed adaptation to those changes

PJ Gierszewski, M Habel, J Szmańda, M Luc - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The operation of dam and reservoirs is one of the main reasons for the transformation of
river runoff. The change in the hydrological regime affects a number of other processes …

Tradeoff between economic and environmental costs and benefits of hydropower production at run-of-river-diversion schemes under different environmental flows …

MD Bejarano, A Sordo-Ward, I Gabriel-Martin… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
With the boom of hydropower industry, it has never been more important than now to re-
assess approaches to a sustainable hydropower projects management. We evaluated the …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in short term river flow regulation and hydropeaking in Nordic rivers

FB Ashraf, AT Haghighi, J Riml, K Alfredsen… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Quantifying short-term changes in river flow is important in understanding the environmental
impacts of hydropower generation. Energy markets can change rapidly and energy demand …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming persistent challenges in putting environmental flow policy into practice: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis

GF Dourado, AM Rallings, JH Viers - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The implementation of environmental flows (e-flows) aims to reduce the negative impacts of
hydrological alteration on freshwater ecosystems. Despite the growing attention to the …

[HTML][HTML] Stronger together: Multi-annual variability of hydrogen production supported by wind power in Sweden

C Mikovits, E Wetterlund, S Wehrle, J Baumgartner… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen produced from renewable electricity will play an important role in deep
decarbonisation of industry. However, adding large electrolyser capacities to a low-carbon …

Impacts of hydropeaking: A systematic review

NJ Bipa, G Stradiotti, M Righetti, GR Pisaturo - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydropower is commonly considered a renewable energy source. Nevertheless, this does
not imply an absence of impacts on the riverine ecosystem, the extent of which is expected …