Trade-offs Between Electricity Production from Small Hydropower Plants and Ecosystem Services in Alpine River Basins
Event details
| Date | 23.09.2015 |
| Hour | 13:00 › 15:00 |
| Speaker | Dr Philipp Meier, Surface Water Research and Management - EAWAG |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
Small hydropower plants are considered as relatively environment friendly. However, in Alpine river basins, where residual flow reaches tend to be long, significant impacts on riverine ecosystems can be expected. A framework that establishes trade-offs between electricity production and multiple ecological objectives is presented. It is shown that including objectives that consider connectivity within the river network influence the decision about the suitability of a specific location for hydropower development.
Short biography:
Dr Philipp Meier is Dr. sc. ETH Environmental Engineering (2012). He has since worked (2012-2013) as a post-doctoral fellow at the Université Laval, Québec City, Canada on project "Rolling-horizon optimisation framework for multi-reservoir systems based on hydrological ensemble forecasts" while being research associate, University College London / University of Manchester on project "Software developer for an open source software platform for water management modelling".
His research interests are: Hydro-economic modelling, Multi-objective optimisation, Hydrological forecasting and data assimilation as well as Remote sensing for hydrological applications
Small hydropower plants are considered as relatively environment friendly. However, in Alpine river basins, where residual flow reaches tend to be long, significant impacts on riverine ecosystems can be expected. A framework that establishes trade-offs between electricity production and multiple ecological objectives is presented. It is shown that including objectives that consider connectivity within the river network influence the decision about the suitability of a specific location for hydropower development.
Short biography:
Dr Philipp Meier is Dr. sc. ETH Environmental Engineering (2012). He has since worked (2012-2013) as a post-doctoral fellow at the Université Laval, Québec City, Canada on project "Rolling-horizon optimisation framework for multi-reservoir systems based on hydrological ensemble forecasts" while being research associate, University College London / University of Manchester on project "Software developer for an open source software platform for water management modelling".
His research interests are: Hydro-economic modelling, Multi-objective optimisation, Hydrological forecasting and data assimilation as well as Remote sensing for hydrological applications
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- AHEAD, SNF Professorship / EESS special event
Contact
- Prof. Paolo Perona