On the scope of the SHAREe project, the Seminar on Sustainable Hydropower funded by the EEA Grants Portugal took place at Instituto Superior Técnico las April 2nd. The event featured the participation of the colleagues from Norway Tor Haakon Bakken, Lennart Schönfelder, Christianne Solvag, Hanne Bjørnås Krogstie and Jo Halleraker (remotely). The Seminar brought together …
We are delighted to announce that our efforts have been highlighted on the prestigious Newswise website! Take a moment to read the article, where we delve into the innovative invention stemming from the EcoPeak4Fish project. Currently, we are in the process of crafting a comprehensive outreach strategy to bring this groundbreaking invention to commercial fruition.
We are proud to have our fieldwork highlighted in the Water Journal cover! As part of Issue 1, the paper entitled “Seasonal and Size-related Fish Microhabitat Use Upstream and Downstream from Small Hydropower Plants” was published in Water Journal this January covering the seasonal (early and late summer) and size-related (juveniles and adults) microhabitat use …
We are happy to share that we submitted a provisional patent (nº 118955) application to protect the method of a flow refuge installation for fish as an output from T2&3 of the project. This invention relates to a method for installing a flow refuge shelter for fish downstream of hydropower dams. After many hours of …
Our #4 newsletter has been released. Check it out here and see the last developments in the EcoPeak4Fish project.
Within the SHAREe “Sustainable Hydropower to Alleviate and Reduce Environmental externalities“ project funded by the EEA Grants Portugal, a group of researchers from CERIS, Isabel Boavida, Maria João Costa, and Renan Leite (FLUVIO PhD candidate), went to Trondheim, Norway to visit different hydropower schemes representing best practices in sustainable hydropower and to attend the Sustainability in Hydropower …
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On the 12th May it took place in Boticas the EcoPeak4Fish Project Disclosure Public Session (Sessão Pública de Divulgação do Projeto EcoPeak4Fish). Participated in the event different entities, such as the Câmara Municipal de Boticas, ICNF, Iberdrola, EDP Produção, Instituto Português de Malocologia; different local associations (e.g., Comunidade Local dos Baldios de Covas do Barroso, …
Last week the EcoPeak4Fish was represented by Isabel Boavida at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2023, that took place from 23 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria. The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the earth, planetary, and space sciences. …
Last week Isabel Boavida had the pleasure to participate in the podcast 90 segundos de ciência (90’’ of science ), from the Portuguese radio station Antena 1, and explained how we are trying to mitigate the impact of hydroelectric dams on different species of freshwater fish in the scope of the EcoPeak4Fish project. Check it …
Last week we had the pleasure to participate in the 19º Congresso da Água that took place from 21 to 24 March in the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) in Lisbon. This conference is held every second year and is dedicated to water. This year the theme was “Viver com a Água” (live with …
