WG-2: Hydropower and Biodiversity

General scope to:

• Highlight in accessible language state-of-the-art hydropower plants and existing solutions to key biodiversity issues politically discussed at national and EU level (implementation of RED III and the Nature Restoration Regulation at national level; CIS WG discussion on free flowing rivers, e-flows, sediment management, water quality in reservoir, GHG emissions, etc.)
• Produce concise fact-sheets with actual representative case studies and update/maintain bibliography of scientific articles
• Identify needs for developing environmentally compatible solutions, incl. eco-design solutions, environmental footprint and LCA issues
•  Foster the cooperation with national and European decision-makers and regulatory agencies
  • • Help work on social acceptance of hydropower infrastructure

 

Contributors

 

Chairing Team

Chair	Christoph Hauer	Austria
Co Chair	Anastasius Youtsos	Greece
Co Chair	Natakie Rojko	Germany

 

Participants

Agnès BARILLIER	France
François  K. Edwards	United Kingdom
Walter Gostner	Italy
Klaus Jorde	Austria
David Mirtskhulava	Georgia
Irena Beloreshka	Bulgaria
Jeffrey Tuhtan	Estonia
Cristina Diez	United Kingdom
Gunnar Hellström	Sweden
Marco Tangi	Italy
Jürgen Schuol	Germany
JEAN-JACQUES FRY	France
Mark Morris	France
Kalina Todorova	Bulgaria
Syed Iqbal Mehdi	Pakistan
Brigitte Reitter	Germany
Andrea Abbate	Italy
Liane Girier-Dufournier	United Kingdom
Martin Bösch	Austria
Markus Aufleger	Austria
Egidijus Kasiulis	Lithuania
Adrian Lindermuth	Belgium
Sabine  NEUWERTH	Austria
August Meindl	Austria
Chantel Niebuhr	Germany
Adelina Benito Abad	Italy
Pietro  Ciaravol	Italy
Line Elisabeth Sundt-Hansen	Norway
Franck Pressiat	France
Matthew Nimmo	Finland
Caroline de Zutter	France
Harry Driscoll	USA
Anders Andersson	Sweden
Christian Jähnel	Austria