Team Water Resources

Our team works on hydrology, ecohydraulics and environmental aspects of regulated rivers in Norway and international. Together with our Norwegian and international partners we focus on research and development on a wide range of topics in relation to renewable energy with a main emphasis on hydropower.

Hydrology, ecohydraulics and environmental aspects are connected in many ways and we seek to work across the borders of these topics in all our projects. This means that we have means to look at the complete picture of water resource management in our projects. We are currently working in a range of river systems around the world (e.g. Norway, Sweden, Albania, Georgia, The Peoples Republic of Laos, Malaysia, India, China), and have vital experience with project management and project deployment across any national border.

Hydrology

  • Runoff 
  • Snow
  • Distributed hydrological models
  • Remote sensing 

Eco-consequences in regulated rivers

  • Environmental consequences of hydropower production
  • Habitats for biological elements in rivers
  • Greenhouse Gas emissions from hydropower systems

Challenges:

  • Uncertainty in simulation models
  • Distributed hydrological model tools 
  • Environmental consequences of hydropeaking in regulated rivers
  • Carbon Footprint in hydropower systems and watersheds

 

Collaborational partners:

  • NTNU Department of hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
  • NINA
  • NIVA
  • NTNU Department of Mathematical Sciences
  • UiO
  • LFI

International collaboration:

Organizational work:


Published September 27, 2012

 


Project Portfolio Selection:

  • CEDREN
    • EnviPEAK - Effects of rapid and frequent flow changes
    • EnviDORR - Increased power and salmon production
    • GOVREP - How to combine environmental and energy policy concerns?
    • EcoManage - Improved development and management of energy and water resources
    • HydroPEAK - Future hydropower design