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1. Principle of hydroelectric schemes
1.1 Principle of hydraulic energy conversion
The natural cycle of evaporation and precipitation results in the appearance of water at a certain altitude; this resource can be in the form of running water in streams, rivers or their catchment areas, groundwater in aquifers; it can also be in the form of snow on high relief, or ice in glaciers. A volume of water V existing at a certain altitude h above sea level corresponds to a potential energy :
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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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