期刊
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
卷 284, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112012
关键词
Hydropower plants; Fish protection; Downstream passage; Efficient solution; Fish passage solution
资金
- Electricit 'e de France (EDF)
- Office francais de la biodiversit 'e (OFB)
- European Union [727830]
The study assessed the efficiency of inclined low bar spacing racks in combination with a bypass, showing that nearly 90% of smolts were successfully protected and guided to the bypass. The larger bypass entrances and transversal currents provided better guidance, effectively mitigating the ecological impacts of hydropower plants.
The sustained development of hydropower energy in the last century has caused important ecological impacts, promoting recent advances in efficient mitigation measures to be implemented in existing and future hydropower plants. Although upstream fish migration has been largely addressed with the development of fish-pass infrastructures, downstream passage solutions are often missing or inefficient, strengthening the need for their improvement and efficiency assessment. The efficiency of horizontally inclined (26 degrees) low bar spacing racks associated to a bypass was assessed using salmon smolts radiotelemetry along three successive hydropower plants (HPP) in the Ariege River (southern France). In average, nearly 90% of the smolts were successfully protected by the racks and rapidly guided to the bypass, within few minutes in most cases. Furthermore, we detected a significant positive influence of the bypass discharge (Q(bp%) expressed as the proportion of concurrent HPP discharge) on the probability of successful bypass passage, reaching 85% of successful passage with a Q(bp%) of only 3%, and more than 92% when the Q(bp%) exceeded 5%. The probability of bypass passage without hesitation (e.g. passage within the first 5 min) also increased with Q(bp%), and reached 90% with 5% of Q(bp%). Passage without hesitation was especially detected on the site having larger bypass entrances and transversal currents, providing better guidance into the bypass. High-efficiency results of inclined racks yielded with reduced Q(bp%) confirmed their relevance to mitigate some of the HPP ecological impacts, re-establishing safe downstream salmon migration with lower impact on energy production than older less efficient solutions.
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