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2. Components of a hydroelectric scheme
Whether high, medium or low head (and with the exception of water turbines and tidal power plants), hydroelectric schemes all feature more or less the same types of components. Figure 3 describes the components of the Brassac scheme, an overview of which is given in figure 1 .
2.1 Water intake structures, dams
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Bibliography
Websites
French legislative and regulatory framework on water and hydropower https://www.senat.fr/leg/ppl20-508.html
Events
CIGB-ICOLD biannual conference: HYDRO2009 International Conference and Exhibition, Lyon, France, October 26-28, 2009.
SHF events on water and hydropower http://www.shf.fr/
Regulations
WFD or Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) of October 23, 2000, published in the OJEC of December 23, 2000.
And his chemical daughter directives:
Directive 2006/118/EC of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater, published in the OJEU on 27/12/2006;
Directive 2008/105/EC of December 16, 2008 laying down environmental...
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Comité International des Grands Barrages (CIGB)/International Commission On Large Dams (ICOLD) http://www.icold-cigb.net/
French Committee for Dams and Reservoirs http://www.barrages-cfbr.org/
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