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- Resource ID
- 886deb78-d65b-11ea-8e10-0050568ea38e
- Title
- Hydropower stations > 10 MW power output
- Date
- Aug. 4, 2009, 2:05 p.m., Publication
- Abstract
- The Map shows approximately 550 hydropower stations with a power output greater than 10 Mega Watt (MW) in the Alpine space, highlighting the current status with a high number of small and a few large hydropower stations.
Hydropower generation is one of the key issues in Alpine water management. Apart from being a key economic asset for the whole Alpine perimeter, the benefits of hydropower as a highly reliable and largely CO2-free renewable source for electricity production and its contribution towards satisfying the energy demand of the Alpine states is of considerable importance besides the additional value of helping to stabilize the European energy grid. However, since growing energy demand, increased prices for electricity as well as CO2 reduction targets for act as drivers in Alpine water management, advising further expansions and additional facilities, these developments are causing pressures on the ecological status of river systems.
In this context, new projects for hydropower generation are currently again at the heart of controversial debates.
- Edition
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- Responsible
- AlpineConvention
- Point of Contact
- alpine.convention.atlas@gmail.com
- Purpose
- This map is published within the 2nd Report on the state of the Alps (RSA2).
- Maintenance Frequency
- notPlanned
- Type
- vector
- Restrictions
- Some limitations apply to the access or use of the data
- License
- AC_Limited usage license
- Language
- eng
- Temporal Extent
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- Supplemental Information
- Author: Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Source: National data.
AT: BMLFU (ed) 2007, Hydrologischer Atlas Österreichs. digAO. Wien: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft. ISBN 3-85437-250-7
The layer can be accessed through WMS services at http://www.atlas.alpconv.org/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
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- Extent
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- x0: 3624244.250000000000000
- x1: 4446771.500000000000000
- y0: 1901157.625000000000000
- y1: 2427126.750000000000000
- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:3034
- Keywords
- no keywords
- Category
- Water
- Regions
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Alps