SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2020
Hydropower and Geoenergy in Switzerland: Results and Perspectives
2 November 2020, online
Talks
Welcome
Domenico Giardini, ETHZ
Session 1: Geoenergy
Reservoir creation in crystalline rock - the Bedretto experiment (PDF)
Marian Hertrich, ETHZ
Exploration and characterisation for deep geothermal projects (PDF)
Benoît Valley, UNINE
Observations from an in-situ experiment to monitor fault sealing integrity (PDF)
Alba Zappone, ETHZ
Combining CCS with CO2-Plume Geothermal (CPG) power generation in Switzerland (PDF)
Martin Saar, ETHZ
Preliminary regional screening for CCS in Switzerland (PDF)
Andrea Moscariello, UNIGE
White Paper on Geoenergy (PDF)
Luca Guglielmetti, UNIGE
Session 2: Hydropower
Retreating glaciers and new multipurpose schemes (PDF)
Robert Boes, ETHZ
Increase flexibility in small hydropower plants (PDF)
Cécile Münch, HES-SO
Effect of climate change on hydropower production (PDF)
Manfred Stähli, WSL
Increase winter production by dam heightening (PDF)
David Felix, ETHZ
White paper on hydro flexibility (PDF)
François Avellan, EPFL
White paper on hydro potential (PDF)
Robert Boes, ETHZ
Session 3: Future Electricity Generation
Induced seismicity risk management for deep geothermal projects: Status and outlook (PDF)
Stefan Wiemer, ETHZ
Hydropower in future market scenarios (PDF)
Martin Densing, PSI
The role of hydropower, geothermal and CCS in net-zero emission scenarios (PDF)
Gianfranco Guidati, ETHZ
Energy system transformation pathways towards net-zero emissions in 2050 (PDF)
Evangelos Panos, PSI
White paper on future electricity generation (PDF)
Peter Burgherr, PSI
Closure
Domenico Giardini, ETHZ
Registration & Location
Registration was required to attend the Annual Conference 2020. The participation was free of charge. Due to the Corona pandemic, the Annual Conference 2020 took place entirely online.
Picture Contest for the Annual Conference
To find the best hyropower images for the title image of the Annual Conference we organised a contest. Many excellent pictures were submitted and we do not want to withhold them from you. Enjoy!
Solis Sediment Bypass Tunnel in operation during the flood event on 12th July in the Canton of Grisons
Photo: Ismail Albayrak
Close-up photo of worn steel armoring installed at invert of sediment bypass tunnel Solis near Tiefencastel (GR)
Photo: Michelle Müller-Hagmann
Close-up photo of worn steel armoring installed at invert of sediment bypass tunnel Solis near Tiefencastel (GR)
Photo: Michelle Müller-Hagmann
Corrosion patterns of steel lining to protect tunnel invert from hydroabrasion at Solis sediment bypass tunnel (Kraftwerke Mittelbünden) operated by ewz
Photo: Robert Boes
Deposition pattern of fine sediment in a physical VAW model of the intake, dam outlets and natural settling basin of the Patrind hydropower plant, Pakistan
Photo: Robert Boes
Hydraulic head loss caused by the newly developed curved-bar rack for the protection and guidance of downstream migrating fish at run-of-river HPPs
Photo: Claudia Beck
Barbels and spirlin in a live-fish experiment to optimize fish guidance structures for run-of-river hydropower plants
Photo: Claudia Beck
View on the retreating Fieschergletscher with high sediment yield which is a challenge for the sustainable operation of downstream hydropower plants
Photo: David Felix
Sediment-laden meltwater from the retreating Fieschergletscher upstream of a large high-head hydropower plant studied in the framework of SCCER-SoE
Photo: David Felix
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler on a remote-controlled boat for velocity and bathymetry measurements in the lake of the Rhone Glacier
Photo: Daniel Gubser
Flow velocity and bathymetry measurements using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler on a remote-controlled boat in the lake of the Rhone Glacier
Photo: Daniel Gubser
Solis dam in operation during the flood event on 12th July in the Canton of Grisons
Photo: Ismail Albayrak
Winding line vortex with persistent air core along middle level outlet of Koysha hoydropower plant, Ethiopia
Photo: Andreas Schlumpf
Little turbulence in the physical model at minimum operation level prevents free surface aeration into the jet issuing from the flip bucket of middle level outlet, Koysha hoydropower plant, Ethiopia
Photo: Andreas Schlumpf
Installation of measurement instruments to study air demand and air-water flow properties in low-level outlets. A more than 200m deep reservoir lake lurks behind a steel gate in the darkness of the Luzzone Dam bottom outlet
Photo: Benjamin Hohermuth
Rope-access work during the installation of measurement instruments to study air demand and air-water flow properties in low-level outlets. A more than 120m high water column lies behind the gray steel plate in the background to be released during the tests at Luzzone Dam middle outlet
Photo: Benjamin Hohermuth
