Streamflow prediction for smallscale hydropower plants
- Department Statistical analysis of natural resource data
- Industries involved Climate and environment
Hydropower is the most important energy source in Norway. The majority of the hydropower productions comes from the largest hydropower plants, with the largest dams. However, a considerable portion also comes from so-called small-scale power plants. These often have small or no dams, produce less electricity than the large plants, but also leave a smaller footprint on nature.
for one of the many river catchments we are working with in the project.
In this project, we work together with Småkraft, Norway’s largest producer of hydropower from small-scale plants. We develop models for producing reliable predictions of both historical and future water flow in small river catchments, with few or no historical streamflow observations. This can result in better estimates of the hydropower potential for an ungauged river catchment, and improved predictions of how much hydropower will be produced in the future.
This work is part of Climate Futures, which is a Centre for Research-Based Innovation funded by the Research Council of Norway.
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Project: Streamflow prediction for small-scale hydropower plants
Partners: NORCE, Småkraft
Funding: The Research Council of Norway
Period: 2020 – 2028