Hydropower Generation on The Nysa Klodzka River

• Authors: Robert Kasperek , Mirosław Wiatkowski

Title variants

PL

Hydroenergetyczne Wykorzystanie Rzeki Nysa Kłodzka

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Adopted in 2009, the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources sets out the rules for how Poland is to achieve the 15% target of total primary energy from renewables by 2020. However, there are fears that the goals set out in this Directive may not be met. The share of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in national energy consumption (150 TWh) is estimated at 8.6 TWh in 2009 and 12 TWh in 2011 (5.7 and 8% respectively). The level of RES in Poland until 2005 was approx. 7.2%. The analysis of RES technologies currently in use in Poland shows that in terms of the share in the total capacity, the 750 hydro-electric power plants which are currently in operation (with the overall capacity of almost 0.95 GW) are second only to wind power stations (2 GW). The authors have studied the Nysa Klodzka River in terms of possible locations for hydro-electric facilities. Eight locations have been identified where power plants might be constructed with installed capacities ranging from 319 to 1717 kW. The expected total annual electric power generation of these locations would stand at approx. 37.5 GWh.

Keywords

EN

river; renewable sources of energy; hydropower engineering; power generation

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 327-336

Dates

online

8 - 7 - 2014

Contributors

author

Robert Kasperek

• Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, pl. Grunwaldzki 24, 50-363 Wrocław, Poland, phone [phone], fax [phone]

author

Mirosław Wiatkowski

• Department of Land Protection, Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences, Opole University, ul. Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland, phone [phone], fax [phone]

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/eces-2014-0025