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FORSTERK-Forsterkningsmidler

Dissemination of results from FIThydro and adaptation to Norwegian conditions

Alternative title: Formidling av resultater fra FIThydro og tilpasning til norske forhold

Awarded: NOK 0.48 mill.

The project will disseminate results from the EU-funded project FIThydro that developed innovative solutions, methods, models, tools and devices for environmental-friendly hydropower production. The project will give training in the use of methods and models to assist the Norwegian hydropower sector and authorities in finding good solutions for sustainable and environmental-friendly hydropower operations. We have informed about tools and methods from FIThydro through meetings, lectures, webinars and direct contact with Norwegian and Swedish hydropower operators. The "Barotrauma Detection Sensor" will now be used at several hydropower plants to evaluate fish damage when they are passing through the turbine. Modelling tools from FIThydro are being considered for use in several Norwegian regulated rivers. The Bayesian Network model is able to evaluate cost-effective mitigation measures. The "Hydropeaking tool" is used to evaluate impacts from hydropeaking at power plants, as well as to consider mitigation measures.

The Horizon2020 project FIThydro has developed solutions, methods, tools and devices to analyse and improve conditions for fish in hydropower rivers and maintaining hydropower production. FIThydro has also developed several decision support systems for environmental impacts or mitigation measures planning and implementation in hydropower rivers. These decision support tools and instruments will help and improve assessments of fish-friendliness of hydropower, and support implementation of mitigation measures in Norwegian rivers. However, it is important to disseminate, inform and facilitate the use under Norwegian conditions. The project partners of this project have organised workshops and targeted meetings with hydropower companies, authorities, consultants and researchers to inform and discuss the use of FIThydro results. The main focus have been on using Barotrauma Detection Sensor (BDS) for investigating fish migration past hydropower structures without using live fish, the Hydropeaking Tool to analyse impacts and plan potential mitigation of hydropeaking, and using Bayesian Network modelling to analyse cost-effective mitigation measures.

This project seeks additional funding to disseminate and expand results from the Horizon2020 FIThydro project, which focused on developing cataloguing and developing solutions, methods, tools, and devices (SMTDs) to enable self-sustainable fish populations in hydropower-regulated rivers. The FIThydro project additionally developed a number of resources to help choose the most appropriate and cost-effective mitigation measures, such as the Decision Support System (DSS), the Fish Population Hazard Index, the Hydropeaking Tool, a multicriteria Bayesian Network decision analysis tool (BN) and the FIThydro wiki. The FIThydro-FORSTERK project aims to disseminate these results and resources to Norwegian hydropower stakeholders (hydropower companies, national and regional authorities, consultants, policy makers, researchers and the general public) through workshops, one-to-one meetings, scientific publications, seminars/webinars and social media and communication posts. Project results and tools will be adapted to Norwegian conditions, and widely explained and disseminated within the target group. The impact of these activities can lead to increased knowledge and competence about environmental mitigation of hydropower-related challenges, and the selection of the most suitable mitigation measures implemented in a cost-effective manner. The project will be relevant for several of the UN sustainable development goals and can help Norway reach its climate targets through hydropower upgrades and expansions in an environmentally sustainable way. The resources provided will facilitate a knowledge-based discussion among stakeholders and interest groups, and will make decisions by the authorities more transparent, and knowledge focused by using FIThydro outcomes.

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