Although run-of-river hydropower represents a key source of renewable energy, it cannot prevent stresses on river ecosystems. This is especially true in mountain regions, where the outflow of a plant is placed several kilometres downstream of the intake, inducing the depletion of river reaches of considerable length. In this thesis, multi-objective optimization is used in the design of the capacity of run-of-river plants to identify optimal trade-offs between contrasting objectives: the maximization of the profitability and the minimization of the impact induced by the plant. The latter is quantified either as the upstream/downstream changes of a set of ecologically-relevant flow metrics, or as the loss of hydrological connectivity in the...
River regulation alters the natural flow regime of streams with consequent impacts on terrestrial an...
Water demand for hydropower production has been increasing along with a growing awareness of the imp...
We address the problem of locating small hydropower dams in an environmentally friendly manner. We p...
Although run-of-river hydropower represents a key source of renewable energy, it cannot prevent stre...
In Alpine regions, especially when energy production by run-of-river plants is subsidized through st...
Acknowledgment This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public,...
The problem of water resources management aims to calculate the optimal energy bids of a set of hydr...
Small run-of-river hydropower may significantly contribute towards meeting global renewable energy t...
To enable prioritization among measures for ecological restoration, knowing the expected benefits an...
The operating rules of water allocation in the alpine OFIMA hydropower network of the Maggia River b...
To enable prioritization among measures for ecological restoration, knowing the expected benefits an...
AbstractThis paper assesses dam releases from hydropower reservoirs in order to optimize power produ...
Despite the numerous benefits of hydropower production, this renewable energy source can have seriou...
Rivers provide to society many important goods and benefits. Some of these ecosystem services depend...
Alpine rivers have been channelized by significant river training works in the past two centuries an...
River regulation alters the natural flow regime of streams with consequent impacts on terrestrial an...
Water demand for hydropower production has been increasing along with a growing awareness of the imp...
We address the problem of locating small hydropower dams in an environmentally friendly manner. We p...
Although run-of-river hydropower represents a key source of renewable energy, it cannot prevent stre...
In Alpine regions, especially when energy production by run-of-river plants is subsidized through st...
Acknowledgment This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public,...
The problem of water resources management aims to calculate the optimal energy bids of a set of hydr...
Small run-of-river hydropower may significantly contribute towards meeting global renewable energy t...
To enable prioritization among measures for ecological restoration, knowing the expected benefits an...
The operating rules of water allocation in the alpine OFIMA hydropower network of the Maggia River b...
To enable prioritization among measures for ecological restoration, knowing the expected benefits an...
AbstractThis paper assesses dam releases from hydropower reservoirs in order to optimize power produ...
Despite the numerous benefits of hydropower production, this renewable energy source can have seriou...
Rivers provide to society many important goods and benefits. Some of these ecosystem services depend...
Alpine rivers have been channelized by significant river training works in the past two centuries an...
River regulation alters the natural flow regime of streams with consequent impacts on terrestrial an...
Water demand for hydropower production has been increasing along with a growing awareness of the imp...
We address the problem of locating small hydropower dams in an environmentally friendly manner. We p...