Retrofitting and Refurbishment of hydropower plants

Quaranta, Emanuele; Hunt, Julian David

doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-91892-3.00013-3

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“…The main benefits of coupling HPP and FPV are water savings, water quality, grid connection, cooling, power fluctuation reduction, no land occupancy, energy storage, and radiation balance [61,62]. As stated in Section 4.3, FPV is found to reduce water evaporation, which therefore would increase hydropower efficiency [61][62][63]. A 1MW installation of FPV can save between 700 m 2 and 10,000 m 2 of water annually [63].…”

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“…As stated in Section 4.3, FPV is found to reduce water evaporation, which therefore would increase hydropower efficiency [61][62][63]. A 1MW installation of FPV can save between 700 m 2 and 10,000 m 2 of water annually [63]. Section 4.4 reviewed papers and concluded that FPV reduced algal growth in the water, which improves the water quality.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Grid connection is an important benefit of coupling as it will save costs in the installation of FPV [61,63]. It is beneficial to install FPV systems where grid connections already exist.…”

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Assessment of the electro-mechanical equipment’s weight of the European hydropower fleet

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2023

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Hydropower structures are typically made of materials that are available in most parts of the world, such as steel, concrete, and—to a lesser extent—copper, and do not use critical materials. The weight of hydropower structures is an important input data, as it is used to perform Life Cycle Assessments and to estimate the cost and the economic value of materials, both during the design and in case of dismantling or retrofitting. The weight of material is of interest also for policy-making purposes and for strategic development planning, for example to estimate impacts on resources. In this study, available literature equations are, for the first time, applied at a regional scale (the European Union) to estimate the weight of the hydropower fleet’s electro-mechanical (steel-made) equipment. The total weight of the electro-mechanical equipment (runner, distributor, generator, draft tube and casing) amounts to 877 ktons. The average ratio of weight to installed power is R = 5.7 ton/MW and it is lower in mountainous countries (R = 4–6 in alpine areas, R = 30 in Denmark), where hydropower plants exploit high heads and low discharges.

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Retrofitting and Refurbishment of hydropower plants

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Floating Photovoltaics: A Review

Assessment of the electro-mechanical equipment’s weight of the European hydropower fleet

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