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Small hydropower: water for energy

Small hydropower: water for energy. Luigi Papetti ESHA.

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Small hydropower: water for energy

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  1. Small hydropower: water for energy • Luigi Papetti • ESHA

  2. Promotion of SHP with an installed capacity up to 10 MWLobbying for SHP on European level (European Parliament, European Commission, etc.)Support for national SHP associationsInformation, dissemination, and awareness raising for SHP issues (publications, workshops, conferences)Research on SHP issues (EC-contracts in different programs) ESHA OBJECTIVES

  3. SMALL HYDRO DEFINITION “Hydroelectric power plant with an installed (maximum) capacity up to 10 MW”

  4. A small hydro plant (6,7 MW)

  5. Another small hydro plant (pico hydro, 600 W)

  6. This is Large Hydro

  7. This is the Largest Hydro ever

  8. What do we pay for? Power P [kW] ~ Q [m3/s] x H [m] x 7,8 P = electrical power output Q = rated discharge H = net head Energy Rule of thumb for run-of-river plants E [kWh] = P [kW] x 4.500 [h]

  9. EU-27 Electricity mix (2004) Source: EC-DG TREN Eurostat

  10. EU-27 Renewables mix Source: EREC

  11. Potential economic - exploited ~ 250 TWh/year ~ 55 GW installed capacity technical – economic ~ 450 TWh/year ~ 100 GW installed capacity

  12. Perspectives • multipurpose plants (electricity production combined with drinking water supply systems, waste water treatment plants, irrigation channels) • low-head and very low head plants. It is estimated that 1 to 1.5 GW can be installed in Europe using existing dams, weirs, irrigation infrastructures etc, with a very low environmental impact as the infrastructure already exists

  13. THE END • www.esha.be • www.studiofrosio.it

  14. Flow Head

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