National Wildlife Federation’s Post

The Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River in the United States has helped restore fish populations, particularly salmon and steelhead. These fish ladders allow fish to bypass the dam and continue their migration upstream to spawn. Similar projects have been implemented at various hydropower dams worldwide to mitigate the impacts of dam construction on fish populations. Additionally, some hydropower projects have adopted innovative turbine designs and flow management strategies to minimize harm to fish populations. These projects aim to maintain or restore fish habitat and migration routes, contributing to overall fish population restoration efforts while still generating clean energy. #funfact #funfactfriday #hydropower #fishpopulation #renewableenergy #renewableresources #sustainability #finulent #finulentsolutions

Hydropower plants need not be disastrous for fishermen and nature. For that, we need to place new dams more strategically, but also modify or even remove some existing ones.

Water and hydropower operators can, for the first time, estimate available water resources in almost real-time. Anglian Water Services implemented our newly developed Water Resources Forecaster in the east of England, blending historic, real-time and seasonally predicted #WeatherData to estimate river flow and #WaterAvailability. Discover how this innovation helps organisations glimpse weeks and months ahead to face growing challenges brought about by #ClimateChange. 👇 https://mottm.ac/3UYyeGK #MottMac23AR

Our cutting-edge integrated hydrologic modelling platform (#HydroGeoSphere) is an important tool for evaluating watershed management practices which can be critical to maintaining base flow under a changing climate. Want to learn how? Watch our recent webinar where we hosted Michael Williams and Pascal Badiou of Ducks Unlimited Canada to present on a recent project with Aquanty. At the center of the project is an advanced integrated hydrologic model (built with HydroGeoSphere) of the Dog Lake watershed in Northern Ontario. The main research question for this study: can “wetlands hold the key to helping generate more electricity for Ontario residents by decreasing peak flows in the spring and increasing ground-water flows into the reservoirs during the summer” Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/gYnqpj7n

💠 Costa Rica has announced electricity rationing due to low #water levels in its hydroelectric reservoirs caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon. 🌐 This is the first rationing since 2007, with essential services remaining unaffected. 🌍 Other Latin American countries like #Ecuador and #Colombia are also facing water and electricity rationing due to water scarcity. https://lnkd.in/dMT9tn48 #drought #energy #hydroelectricreservoir #reservoir

We highlight the vital role rivers play in powering the future. In the #HKH, climate-resilient hydropower depends on sustainable river basin management. Discover more about our efforts in making hydropower in HKH climate resilient in this blog by our colleagues Chimi Seldon and Faisal M. Qamer, PhD : https://lnkd.in/gbjygWDY #ClimateResilience #Hydropower #CarbonNeutrality #WorldRiversDay

Streamflow Analysis in Data-Scarce Kabompo River Basin, Southern Africa, for the Potential of Small Hydropower Projects under Changing Climate Full access: https://lnkd.in/gDU36MeA George Z. Ndhlovu and Yali E. Woyessa #climate_change #flow_duration #climate_model

PROTECTING HYDROPOWER: THE ROLE OF CLOUD FORESTS AND BONDS: Hydropower’s dependence on cloud forests, and the role they play in freshwater provision across 25 countries, has raised concerns about increasing vulnerability to deforestation and climate change. To help address this, a recent report has proposed mobilising cloud forest protection payments for hydropower projects and other users that benefit from such unprotected forests. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eDraZbZS #hydropower #hydroelectric #cloudforests

The ecological consequences of hydropower, such as increased drought and sediment blockage, could negatively impact a hydro-reliant regional grid system. https://ow.ly/o0WL50RbrBZ

While thousands of hydropower installations already exist around the world, they are almost exclusively in mountainous regions where the natural terrain lets gravity show its force, or where river flow is powerful enough to be harnessed for energy production. Interest in the technology is growing again – this time for potential use in flatter areas including seas – because it could help green the European economy. View this article here: https://lnkd.in/eK3w7FCa #EngineersJournal