Novel Developments for Sustainable Hydropower

lt;p>Peter Rutschmann worked almost 15 years as full professor for Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering at Technical University of Munich. He retired in October 2021. He has 40 years of experience in hydraulic engineering and was involved in more than 50 hydropower projects. He is an expert in physical, numerical and ethohydraulic modelling.

Eleftheria Kampa is a senior fellow on water resources management at Ecologic Institute, focusing on comparative policy assessments across sectors and countries, the interface of science-policy and stakeholder participation.

1 Policy Framework for Hydropower Mitigation.- 2 Costs of Ecological Mitigation at Hydropower Plants.- 3 Public Acceptance of Hydropower.- 4 Impacts and Risks of Hydropower.- 5 The Attractiveness of Fishways and Bypass Facilities.- 6 Attraction Flow and Migration Habitat Assessment Using an Agent-Based Model.- 7 Fish Guidance Structures with Narrow Bar Spacing: Physical Barriers.- 8 Fish Guidance Structure with Wide Bar Spacing: Mechanical Behavioural Barrier.- 9 Guidelines for Application of Different Analysis Methods of Fish Passage Through Turbines - Impact Assessment of Fish Behavioural Aspects.- 10 Measures to Improve Fish Passage Through a Turbine.- 11 Archimedes Screw - An Alternative for Safe Migration Through Turbines?.- 12 Hydropeaking Impact Assessment for Iberian Cyprinids: Hydropeaking Tool Adaptation.- 13 Modelling of Habitat Changes Related to Hydropeaking with CASiMiR.- 14 Creation and Use of "Compensation" Habitats - An Integrated Approach.- 15 Risk Assessment and Decision Making on Mitigation Measures.- 16 Conclusions and Outlook.