对于水电设施的鱼类排除技术的估计资本成本
Paul G Matson1, Kevin M Stewart1, Gbadebo A Oladosu1
1Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|December 10, 2023
概括
水力发电设施的鱼类排除屏幕的成本有很大的差异. 更细的屏幕,提供更好的保护,比较粗的选择要贵得多,影响可再生能源项目的开发成本.
科学领域:
- 可再生能源可再生能源是可再生能源.
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 水生生态学 水生生态学
背景情况:
- 水力发电扩建通常是通过新流开发 (NSD) 或改造现有水.
- 鱼类排除要求因物种,设施类型和利益相关者的目标而异.
- 关于鱼类排除措施成本的定量数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 确定和分析水力发电设施中鱼类排斥的积极屏障屏幕的资本建设成本.
- 建立一个基准来估计与鱼友好型水电技术相关的成本.
主要方法:
- 关键词搜索环境缓解成本数据库.
- 从美国联邦能源监管委员会 (FERC) 的电子图书馆许可证文件中手动提取数据.
- 对50项与正屏障屏幕相关的保护,缓解和增强 (PM&E) 措施的分析.
主要成果:
- 鱼类查的成本是高度可变的.
- 高排斥屏 (≤0.09英寸) 的流量正常化成本. 距离) 比粗屏 (1-2英寸) 高出一到两个数量级. 时间间隔).
- 数据主要代表传统的重新许可项目,与NSD项目相关的数据不到7%.
结论:
- 该研究提供了水力发电鱼类排除成本的初始基线.
- 成本变化突出了实施鱼友好型发电技术的经济考虑因素.
- 存在显著的数据缺口,特别是新流开发 (NSD) 项目,阻碍了全面的成本分析.
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