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Session1.2 LP andrea mammoliti mochet_arpa valle d’aosta
1. SHARE - Sustainable Hydropower in
Alpine Rivers Ecosystems
Project final meeting
Hostellerie du Cheval Blanc.
Aosta (IT) – 24th May 2012
Andrea MAMMOLITI MOCHET – ARPA Valle d’Aosta - Regional
Environmental Protection Agency of Aosta Valley (Italy)
a.mammolitimochet@arpa,.vda.it
5/30/2012
2. Electric energy production – UE 27
► The energy production in EU is constantly in growth (18.67% in 11 years)
Source: Eurostat yearbook 2009
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
3. Electric energy demand– UE 27
► A large majority of EU citizens believe that “Europe should assist people … in
their efforts to gain access to energy”
► The trend of energy demand will hardly change also because energy need is
nearly perceived as “for granted”
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
4. Electric energy demand– UE 27
► River benefits are also generally considered “for granted” …
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
5. HP strong points
► Hydropower (HP) is the most important renewable resource for electricity
production in alpine areas
► Almost 84 % of the electricity generated from renewable energy sources in
the EU-15 and 19 % of total electricity production in UE is generated by HP;
Small Hydropower Plants (up to 10 MW) contributing about 2 % of the total
electricity generated (ESHA, 2005)
Italy
Slovenia
Switzerland
France
Germany
Austria
Source: IEA 2004
Hydroelectric Aeolian Geothermic Biomass TOTAL
Photovoltaic
(GWh)
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
6. HP strong points
► HP has strongly contributed to the economy & industry and related
development in both mountain regions and in big alpine towns
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
7. HP strong points
► HP is a flexible and mature technology and creates occupation in mountain
areas
► On a wider scale HP is a highly reliable and largely CO2-free renewable source
for electricity production
► HP brings the added value of helping to stabilize the European energy grid
(mainly with storage plants)
► Modification of rivers affected from old HP exploitations are often
considered “common & normal” by the population and by local
administrators, so generally accepted as environmental friendly
► HP benefits are clear!
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
8. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► River benefits are not always obvious …
► Ecosystems services are generally more evident in other environmental
circumstances
!
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
9. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
?
► Even more evident ecological services supported by a healthy river are often
difficult to measure and, in general, to compare with HP production even if
they have related stakeholders
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
10. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► Alpine rivers embody a big asset in terms of natural capital and biodiversity
stock
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
11. Mountain rivers & HP generation
Major direct impacts of HP on mountain rivers
► Abiotic alteration (temperature regime, Oxygen regime, trophic state)
► Physical alteration (hydrology, morphology, ground water, sediment balance)
► Biota changes (fish fauna, macro invertebrates, phytobenthos, macrophytes,
aquatic birds, riparian vegetation, ecological connectivity)
Ecosystems services loss
► loss of habitats for species & genetic diversity (minor nutrient cycling)
► fresh water provisioning (for HP competing uses i.e. agriculture, cattle,
drinking water supply, industry, etc.)
► extreme hydrological events regulation
► waste water treatment support
► cultural services
► local climate regulation (big dams) …
► The impact size and occurrence obviously depend on the specific characters of
each HP plant (micro HP plant ≠ big dam) and each mountain river (HMWB ≠
pristine river) , all have to be measured & cross-compared
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
12. WFD indicators biological
communities & HP
► No evident HP upstream - downstream gradient, official metrics seems to respond
more to trophic status & substrate modification than to river HP effects
► Fish populations fit but can be often affected by uncontrolled restocking
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
13. WFD indicators – why this lack of response
to HP pressure?
► Is it for the official metric choice more related to other drivers (trophic &
nutrient conditions, riverbed modifications, pollutants presence, …)?
► Is it for low taxonomic level of classification of biota (rivet popping approach)?
► Is it for too small average size & homerange of organisms considered (benthos,
diatoms)?
► Is it for too short period of investigations?
► Is it for the adaptation of communities to HP chronicle effects?
► Is it for the combination of HP effects and mountain natural constraints?
► …
Very interesting research topic BUT in the meanwhile the amount of new
demands and concession renovations is constantly growing !
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
14. WFD indicators - hydromorphology
► The natural discharge and hydromorphological elements are reactive to HP
pressure BUT considered in the assessment of water bodies only for “high
ecological status” (WFD, All. V, tab 1.2.1)
Riverbed modification Hydrology alteration
Riparian vegetation River continuity
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
15. WFD indicators - hydromorphology
Hydromorphological methods can be used
at single HP plant level
Wet Area (Volume) variation weighted on
meso - habitat
Depth variation weighted on meso-habitat
Weighted usable area (WUA) for biota
accommodation
CASiMiR
Computer Aided Simulation
Model for Instream Flow Requirement
(Noack et al.2010)
• MESOHABSIM (Parasiewicz et al. 2007)
• IFIM Instream Flow Incremental
Methodolgy (Bovee et al. 1998)
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
16. WFD indicators - hydromorphology
► Hydromorphological methods are available for wider (basin) scales
► Linked both to riparian vegetation status and anthropogenic pressures in the
riverbank buffer.
► Their value is generally positive related to other WFD communities value
(“umbrella indicators”)
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
17. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► Rivers are the best natural water purification systems …
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
18. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► Landscape is a unique asset represented by healthy rivers
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
19. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► Agriculture is a strategic river stakeholder
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
20. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► River tourism holds evident stakeholders too
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
21. Mountain rivers ecosystems services
► Fishing & angling have stakeholders very well represented in alpine regions
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
22. Alpine rivers & laws
► RES-e Directives (20/20/20) require a renewable electricity enhance but, at
the same time, the Water Framework Directive obliges member States to
reach or maintain a water bodies "good" ecological status, intrinsically
limiting the hydropower exploitation
► Mountain rivers are not the “egg-laying wool-milk-pig” …
► HP energy production and river protection are two faces of the same system
► Mountain local administrators daily face an increasing demand of water
abstraction and concessions renovations but normally lack reliable tools to
evaluate interaction of their effects on mountain rivers and energetic,
economical and social outputs on longer time scale
► They need to be better equipped to pass from data to strategic information
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
23. SHARE - Sustainable Hydropower
in Alpine Rivers Ecosystems
► SHARE is a running bottom-up project approved and co funded by the
European regional development fund in the context of the European
Territorial Cooperation Alpine Space programme 2007 – 2013.
► The project is formally on going from August 2009 and it will end July 2012.
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
24. SHARE objective
► The project has developed, tested and promoted a decision support system
to merge river ecosystems services and hydropower requirements
► This approach is led using existing scientific tools (Multi Criteria Analysis -
MCA), adjustable to transnational, national and local normative and carried
on by permanent panel of administrators and stakeholders
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
25. SHARE project participants
► 13 Partners (public administrations, environmental agencies, research
centers, NGOs) in 5 countries
► 16 Official observers
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
26. SHARE project participants
LP: ARPA Valle d'Aosta (I)
PP1: Regione Piemonte (I)
PP2: ARPA Veneto (I)
PP3: RSE (I)
PP4: E-zavod (Sl)
PP5: University of Ljubljana (Sl)
PP6: Graz University of Technology (AT)
PP7: University of Innsbruck (AT)
PP8: Government of Styria (AT)
PP9: University of Grenoble, (F)
PP10: GERES (F)
PP11: University of Stuttgart (D)
PP12: AEM (F)
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
27. SHARE official observers
ALPINE CONVENTION secretariat (UE) – Water platform –Common guidelines for
SHP
Land of Tyrol (AT)
CETE (F)
Landesfischereiverband Bayern (D)
Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenja (SI)
Syndicat mixte d'Aménagement de l'Arve et des ses Abords (F)
ESHA European Small Hydropower Association (UE)
CVA Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque (I)
ALP WATER SCARCE Lead Partner
SEDIRISK Lead Partner (F)
CH2OICE coordinator (I – UE)
Provincia di Vicenza (I)
Civiltà dell’acqua (I)
Università di Bolzano (I)
ISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (I)
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
28. SHARE pilot case studies
► SHARE approach has been tested in 11 Pilot case studies : different mountain
rivers, same needs for sustainable HP management
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
29. Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) approach
► The methodological “core” of the project is the application of the
MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS (MCA)
► The MCA is applied as “balance” for evaluating different river management
alternatives defined by different criteria detailed by indicators
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
30. Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) approach
1. Identification of different management alternatives to be
considered and stakeholders involved by river management
2. Identification of criteria and indicators (coming also from set of
laws) to describe the whole river management context
3. Indicators implementation using all available datasets
4. Utility functions definition: making indicators comparable
assigning to each value of the indicators a relative value of
stakeholder preference/utility between 0 and 1 (“consider both
hard & soft information”)
5. Indicators and criteria importance weight assignment (with
different stakeholders contribution)
6. Performance evaluation of each alternative
7. Sensitivity check, similar to back analysis evaluation to define the
uncertainty influence on alternative performance
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
31. The Pilot Case Study of
Chalamy river in Aosta Valley
► The Chalamy is a pluvial-snow regime torrent partially included in Mont Avic
Natural Park (Aosta Valley)
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
41. The Pilot Case Study of
Chalamy river in Aosta Valley
► The management alternatives for the Chalamy river case study are related to
different quantitative experimental releases:
► Alternative 1: NO WATER RELEASE (2008 status)
► Alternative 2: WATER RELEASE 20% of theoretical M.I.F.
► Alternative 3: WATER RELEASE 60% of theoretical M.I.F.
► Alternative 4: WATER RELEASE 100% of theoretical M.I.F.
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
42. The Pilot Case Study of
Chalamy river in Aosta Valley
RELATIVE
PROBLEM SYSTEM DESCRIPTION IMPORTANCE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT ALTERNATIVES
è ASSESSMENT
Assign a WEIGHT
to each indicator / ASSESS/ CALCULATE Alternatives
Fully describe the Fully describe each Identify different
Identify the the EFFECTS of each are detailed by
specific case CRITERION criterion indicates possible
SPECIFIC CASE alternative on the one or more
through CRITERIA through its importance in management
relation with the specific case CAUSAL FACTORS
INDICATORS ALTERNATIVES
other INDICATORS
€ PROFIT
0.16 ECONOMY 1.0
GWh PRODUCTION RESIDUAL FLOW NO WATER RELEASE
0.16 ENERGY 1.0
HYDROMORPHOLOGY 0,3
CHEMICALMICROB.
0.16 QUALITY 0,1
RESIDUAL FLOW 20% of MIF RELEASED
RIVER
FISHES 0.4
ENVIRONMENT
HP PLANT SUSTAINABILITY BENTHOS 0,2
EVALUATION
MACROPHYTA 0,3
FISHERMEN INVOLVED
ASSESSMENT 0,3
0.16 SPORT FISHING RESIDUAL FLOW 60% of MIF RELEASED
ADULT FISHES LOSS 0,7
LANDSCAPE QUALITY
DAP - “WIIL TO PAY FOR” 0,3
0.16 LANDSCAPE PARTICULAR LANDSCAPE
UNITIES INVOLVED 0,7 RESIDUAL FLOW 100% of MIF RELEASED
TOURISM FRUITION /
0.16 TOURISM YEAR 1.0
Policy step Technical - scientific step
63. Multi Criteria Analysis & SHARE
• Very different alternatives can be defined and assessed with MCA in different
management situations
• at single plant scale
► New water withdrawal (or empowerment of existing plant)
► No new water withdrawal
► New water withdrawal (or empowerment of existing plant) BUT:
with another location of the plant
with different % of requested water amount
with fixed MIF / with modulated MIF
with underground pipes, …
with sediment release control plan and monitoring
including river restoration & mitigation activities (even located in
other contexts), compensation measures targeted on mountain
communities,
• at basin / regional scale
► Different scenarios of HP production / river conservation
SHARE, Final meeting – Aosta – Italy, 24th May 2012
64. Multi Criteria Analysis & SHARE
► For each alternative it is calculated a TOTAL PERFORMANCE SCORE starting
from the assessment of effects of each management alternative on the
specific river system
► Decision makers are helped to IDENTIFY THE MORE SUSTAINABLE
ALTERNATIVE using a a interrelated set of weighted indicators tailored on
each specific case requirements
“THE MCA IS A TOOL THAT HELPS IN DECISION MAKING BUT IT DOESN’T
TAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS BY ITSELF”
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65. Why use SHARE MCA?
1. SYNTHESIS: it allows to summarize complex information
2. RATIONALITY: it organizing data in a structured way
3. PARTICIPATION: it help the dialogue on concrete parameters
4. MULTIOBJECTIVE: it allows to considers several alternatives (single HP plant
sustainability >>< restoration actions location)
5. TRANSPARENCY: the weights ad the values are explicit
6. FLEXIBILITY: it can be tailored from local scale to strategic planning
7. REPEATABILITY: the MCA process can be totally done backwards and
forwards enhancing decisions quality
8. FREE: the tools for the MCA application are free
9. NORMATIVE COMPLIANT
10. EX-ANTE & EX-POST: it’s a tool useable to planning and to managing
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66. Key messages
Criteria correspond to stakeholders, SHARE MCA can help conflict solving
Weight assignment to criteria is the more strategic (political) phase
Different weights can be attributed to same criteria & indicators in different
conditions
Hard & soft information respect: some indicators are coming from set of laws,
some are valuable in euro, some are expert-based qualitative assessment, ALL
are dependent from data availability
WFD community based indicators have to be supported / integrated by
hydromorphological indicators to be reactive
SHARE MCA can consider also additional impacts related to HP plant
construction (pipes effect on landscape, access roads, slope rearrangement,
grid presence, other existing withdrawals,…)
SHARE MCA can support both local HP assessment and strategic planning
SHARE MCA can use & capitalize outputs of existing methods and models
related to different criteria (Cost-Benefit Analysis CBA ; Simple Additive
Weighting SAW; Multi-Attribute Utility Theory MAUT (Keeney and Raiffa,
1976); Simple Multi-Attribute Rated Technique SMART (von Winterfeld et
Edwards, 1986); Analytic Hierarchy Process – AHP (Saaty, 1980)
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67. Other river research & management
initiatives based on MCA
Criteria for a sustainable HydroPower development in Tyrol - on going
Empfehlung zur Erarbeitung kantonaler Schutz und Nutzungsstrategien im
Bereich Kleinwasserkraftwerke - on going
Canton de Fribourg (Evaluation and management of the hydroelectric
potential - MCA based on Exclusion criteria & Evaluation criteria) – on going
Provincia Verbano Cusio Ossola (analisi MCA applicata alla valutazione
idroelettrica ex - ante) – on going
Etats généraux de l’Eau en Montagne – 3° International Congress of
integrated water management in high watersheds - Mégève 22–24/09/2010
several French stakeholders involved - on going
Progetto TWOLE (Sistema per la Pianificazione e la Gestione delle Risorse
Idriche basato su MCA per la gestione dei conflitti di utilizzo – Regione
Lombardia) – 2008
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69. SHARE toolkit for stakeholders
► a user friendly MCA methodology supported by a dedicated software
(SESAMO) focused on HP & river issue
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70. SHARE toolkit for stakeholders
► a customized software (CASiMiR ) to assess habitat conditions along the river
channel and bank areas with a specific module for evaluation of economic
effects for hydropower production.
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71. SHARE toolkit for stakeholders
► a set of customized software to assess HP residual potential and financial
feasibility of HP plants (VAPIDRO Aste and SMART Mini Hydro)
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72. SHARE toolkit for stakeholders
► 11 Pilot Case Studies on which SHARE approach has been tested
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73. SHARE toolkit for stakeholders
► 2 short videos "MCA in plain English“
► a MCA tutorial kit with online seminars and training activities to translate &
simplify MCA approach to stakeholders
► an indicators database to evaluate HP and HP effects on mountain water
bodies
► Technical reports to:
► assess natural capital exposed to HP pressure
► define & map river typologies more vulnerable to HP pressure
► MIF & discharge estimations methods
► HP potential mapping
► Guidelines to integrate MCA procedures in local normative
► SHARE handbook
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74. We really want to “SHARE” …
… to make a joint use of water
resource!
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