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Assessment of the fish mortality throw an existing hydropower plant

  • France (46)
  • 2024-2025
  • 1100 kW
  • Territorial development scheme
  • Modeling of the fish downstream migration on the river section affected by the hydropower plant. The methodology developed by the French organisation OFB was applied to assess the mortality of eels and other fish species that could swim through the turbines. The analysis was carried out over the past 20 years taking into account the measured hydrology of the river. The effectiveness of several impact reduction measures has been evaluated.
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