Mitigation of Environmental Effects of Flexible Operation of Hydropower

PhD position

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (IBM) has a vacancy for a PhD Candidate in the Norwegian Research Centre for Renewal of Hydropower Technology, RenewHydro. RenewHydro is a new research center for environmentally friendly energy that will develop hydropower to be more flexible and contribute to more sustainable renewable energy. With increased cooperation and new knowledge in technology, markets, environment and society, RenewHydro will work to reach national energy, climate and nature targets. The purpose of the PhD study is to develop operational and physical mitigation methods to reduce the impacts of increased flexible operation of hydropower in rivers and reservoirs. The project will focus on flow, water levels, and temperature and will aim to explain combined biological and physical effects and how they can be mitigated to secure a sustainable operation. The main part of the work will consist of hydraulic modelling and data analysis, but some field work could also be required.

The PhD position is in the Hydraulic Research group at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in close cooperation with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA).