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Published November 6, 2020 | Version 2.1.3
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European Fish Hazard Index

  • 1. IGB Berlin
  • 2. University of Hull
  • 3. Technical University of Munich

Description

Hydroelectricity is critical for decarbonizing global energy production, but hydropower plants affect rivers, disrupt their continuity, and threaten migrating fishes. This puts hydroelectricity production in conflict with efforts to protect threatened species and re-connect fragmented ecosystems. Assessing the impact of hydropower on fishes will support informed decision-making during planning, commissioning, and operation of hydropower facilities. Few methods estimate mortalities of single species passing through hydropower turbines, but no commonly agreed tool assesses hazards of hydropower plants for fish populations. The European Fish Hazard Index bridges this gap. This assessment tool for screening ecological risk considers constellation specific effects of plant design and operation, the sensitivity and mortality of fish species and overarching conservation and environmental development targets for the river. Further, it facilitates impact mitigation of new and existing hydropower plants of various types across Europe.

Notes

The tool does not yet support VBAs. In order to use it and produce reliable results, all input fields have to be reset manually before making a new assessment. The input window contains examplary dummy data.

Files

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Additional details

Funding

FIThydro – Fishfriendly Innovative Technologies for Hydropower 727830
European Commission