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Changes in short term river flow regulation and hydropeaking in Nordic rivers |
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| Author: | Ashraf, Faisal Bin1; Haghighi, Ali Torabi1; Riml, Joakim2; |
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1Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Research Unit, PO Box 4300, 90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Brinellvägen 8, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden 3Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Vassbygget, 442, Valgrinda, Trondheim, Norway
4Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Mechelininkatu 34a, 00260 Helsinki, PO Box 140, Helsinki, Finland
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| Format: | article |
| Version: | published version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 5.9 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019061820940 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Springer Nature,
2018
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| Publish Date: | 2019-06-18 |
| Description: |
AbstractQuantifying short-term changes in river flow is important in understanding the environmental impacts of hydropower generation. Energy markets can change rapidly and energy demand fluctuates at sub-daily scales, which may cause corresponding changes in regulated river flow (hydropeaking). Due to increasing use of renewable energy, in future hydropower will play a greater role as a load balancing power source. This may increase current hydropeaking levels in Nordic river systems, creating challenges in maintaining a healthy ecological status. This study examined driving forces for hydropeaking in Nordic rivers using extensive datasets from 150 sites with hourly time step river discharge data. It also investigated the influence of increased wind power production on hydropeaking. The data revealed that hydropeaking is at high levels in the Nordic rivers and have seen an increase over the last decade and especially over the past few years. These results indicate that increased building for renewable energy may increase hydropeaking in Nordic rivers. see all
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| Series: |
Scientific reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| ISSN-E: | 2045-2322 |
| ISSN-L: | 2045-2322 |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Article number: | 17232 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-018-35406-3 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35406-3 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
218 Environmental engineering 1172 Environmental sciences 1171 Geosciences |
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| Funding: |
This study was funded by Maj- and Tor Nessling foundation (Grant No. 201800109) and Olvi-foundation (Grant No. 201720212). Writing was supported by BioWater project, Nordic Center of Excellence, funded by NordForsk (Project Number 82263). |
| Copyright information: |
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