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Climate change impacts on hydropower in the Swiss and Italian Alps.
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Climate change impacts on hydropower in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

  • Gaudard L Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: ludovic.gaudard@unige.ch.
  • Romerio F Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: franco.romerio@unige.ch.
  • Dalla Valle F ENEL Produzione SpA, Venezia, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.dallavalle@enel.com.
  • Gorret R CVA SpA, Châtillon, Italy. Electronic address: gorret.roberta@cvaspa.it.
  • Maran S Sustainable Development and Energy Sources Department, RSE SpA, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: stefano.maran@rse-web.it.
  • Ravazzani G Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico of Milano, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: giovanni.ravazzani@polimi.it.
  • Stoffel M Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: markus.stoffel@dendrolab.ch.
  • Volonterio M Sustainable Development and Energy Sources Department, RSE SpA, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: michela.volonterio@rse-web.it.
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  • 2013-11-19
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  • The Science of the total environment. - 2014
Alps
Climate change
Electricity market
Hydropower management
Mountain area
English This paper provides a synthesis and comparison of methodologies and results obtained in several studies devoted to the impact of climate change on hydropower. By putting into perspective various case studies, we provide a broader context and improved understanding of climate changes on energy production. We also underline the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches used as far as technical, physical and economical aspects are concerned. Although the catchments under investigation are located close to each other in geographic terms (Swiss and Italian Alps), they represent a wide variety of situations which may be affected by differing evolutions for instance in terms of annual runoff. In this study, we also differentiate between run-of-river, storage and pumping-storage power plants. By integrating and comparing various analyses carried out in the framework of the EU-FP7 ACQWA project, this paper discusses the complexity as well as current and future issues of hydropower management in the entire Alpine region.
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  • English
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