Hydropower plays a key role in Scotland’s renewable energy contributions and renewables targets for 2015 (50%) and 2020 (100%). Our research is supporting the sustainable planning, development and management of this resource. We are investigating the implications of continued reliance on hydropower, with a focus on future water scenarios, competing water demands, and tradeoffs with other ecosystem services.
This work is funded by the Scottish Government's RESAS Strategic Research Programme under Theme 2: Strong and resilient sources and supply chains for water and energy. In Work Package 2.2: Improving the sustainability of supply chains for water and renewable energy.
A poster summarising our work is available to download below:
Susan Cooksley [8], Stephen Addy [9], Leah Jackson-Blake [10], James Sample [11], Bill Slee [12], Michael Ferguson [13]
Susan Cooksley [8]
Links:
[1] http://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/1-understanding-scotland%E2%80%99s-hydropower-resources
[2] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/hydropower-resources/environmental-impacts
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/hydropower-resources/sensitive-areas
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/hydropower-resources/resilience
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/hydropower-resources/small-scale
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/hydropower-resources/stakeholder
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/files:files/MCC/Hydropower-poster.pdf
[8] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/susan-cooksley
[9] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/stephen-addy
[10] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/leah-jackson-blake
[11] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/james-sample
[12] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/bill-slee
[13] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/michael-ferguson