"A comparitive analysis of hydropower production during extreme weather events. The case study of three European countries: Spain, Sweden and Slovenia"

Yamana, Siddharth (2022) "A comparitive analysis of hydropower production during extreme weather events. The case study of three European countries: Spain, Sweden and Slovenia". Master's Research Project 2, Energy and Environmental Sciences.

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Abstract

Water and energy are intricately connected, for example, water from a river is directly used to move the turbines that generate electricity in a hydropower plant. This is the reason why hydropower plants are vulnerable to extreme climate events, like droughts and floods, that affect the available water in the river. When it comes to renewable energy in Europe, electricity produced by hydropower is one of the most commonly used sources, and hence there is a need to improve our understanding of these extreme weather conditions that affect water availability. The aim of the study is to analyse the impact of extreme events like low and high discharge events on electricity production in three hydropower plants in Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The power plant selected in Slovenia is the Mariborski Otok hydropower, whereas the power plants selected in Spain and Sweden are the Alcantara hydropower plant and Stornorrfors hydropower plant. Global Flood Awareness System (GLoFAS) is used to provide near real-time river discharge data or the total water inflow data for the hydropower plants. The extreme events like low and high discharge events are selected based on this river discharge data and the electricity production from the hydropower plants is analysed. These results indicate that, in the future, dams should be built in temperate climates because extreme climate events have less impact on hydropower production in those climates.

Item Type:	Thesis (Master's Research Project 2)
Supervisor name:	Leenes, P.W. and Benders, R.M.J.
Degree programme:	Energy and Environmental Sciences
Thesis type:	Master's Research Project 2
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2022 09:56
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2022 09:56
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/28485

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