Strategies for mitigating the impact of hydropower plants on the stocks of diadromous species in the Daugava River
2016 (English)In: International scientific conference "Environmental and climate technologies", CONECT 2015 / [ed] Valtere, S., Elsevier, 2016, Vol. 95, p. 81-88Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The Daugava River is the largest river in Latvia. Daugava Hydro Power Plants built in 1939 - 1974 are Latvia's most important renewable resource in generation of electricity. The absence of fish passage structures excludes upstream migration of diadromous species. Compensatory stocking activities are introduced annually. The need for studying alternative or additional impact mitigation measures is based on biodiversity conservation aspects and possible changes in EU legislation. The case study of solutions for improving the Daugava River connectivity is introduced and further strategies for mitigating the impact of HPP are proposed in the paper.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2016. Vol. 95, p. 81-88
Series
Energy Procedia, ISSN 1876-6102 ; 95
Keywords [en]
hydropower, fish migration, fish passage, environmental impact, renewable energy
National Category
Biological Sciences
Research subject
Biology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-54918DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.09.027ISI: 000387501900013OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-54918DiVA, id: diva2:1106840
Conference
International Scientific Conference on Environmental and Climate Technologies (CONECT), October 14-15, 2015, Riga, Latvia
2017-06-082017-06-082019-10-21Bibliographically approved