North West Hydro Resource Model

About the project

publications

Papers

  1. North West Hydro Resource Model’, final report.
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E., Rothschild R. and Howard D.C. ‘The costs of small-scale hydro power production: Impact on the development of existing potential'. Renewable Energy. Submitted.

  2. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E. and Howard D.C., ‘Technological progress improves plans to maximise hydro potential’. Proceedings of the International Conference HYDRO 2009, Lyon, France, 26-28 October 2009
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E., Rothschild R. and Howard D.C., ‘The costs of small-scale hydro power production: Impact on the development of existing potential’. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Hydropower Plants. Hydropower Plants in the Context of the Climatic Change". Vienna, Austria, 26-28 November 2008
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E., Rothschild R. and Howard D.C., ‘An analysis of the costs of small-scale hydro power for progressing world hydro development’. Proceedings of the International Conference HYDRO 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 6-8 October 2008
  1. Leigh, P. A., Aggidis, G. A., Howard, D, & Rothschild, R., (2007), “Renewable Energy Resources Impact on Clean Electrical Power by Developing the North- West England Hydro Resource Model”, published by IEEE, Catalog Number: 07EX1528 – ISBN: 1- 4244-0631-5, Library of Congress: 2006932315 - @ 2007 IEEE, 23 May 2007.
  1. Leigh, P. A., Aggidis, G. A., Howard, D, & Rothschild, R.,“Renewable Energy Resources Impact on Clean Electrical Power by developing the North-West Hydro Resource Model”, Proceedings of: “International Conference on Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP 07)), Capri, Italy, (21-23.05.07).
  1. Leigh, P. A.: “Time to go with the flow”, Water & Environment Magazine, vol. 12, No. 3, March 2007 pp. 24-25.
  1. Aggidis, G.A., Howard D.C., Rothschild, R., and Widden, M.B., Maximising the benefits of hydropower by developing the North-West England hydro resource model, Proceedings of the International Hydro Power and Dams Construction Journal, Paper 7.01, HYDRO 2006 – Maximising the benefits of Hydropower, Porto Carras, Greece, 25-27 September 2006.
  1. Aggidis, G.A, Resourceful Solutions, International Water Power and Dam Construction Journal, September 2006, pp 24 – 26.
  1. Howard, D.C., Aggidis, G.A., and Wright, S.M., A hydro power resource model for north west England, Proceedings of the fourteenth annual IALE(UK) conference, Oxford Brookes University, September 2006, Water and the Landscape: The Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Ecosystems, Edited by Bella Davies and Stewart Thompson, pp 41-46
  1. Howard, D.C., Aggidis, G.A., Wright, S.M., and Scott R., Energy Source or Sink? The Role of the Uplands in meeting our Energy Targets, Proceedings of the International Uplands Centre Conference on Sustainable Uplands, 30 May to 1 June 2006, Kendal, Cumbria, UK.

Conference Presentations / Talks

  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E. and Howard D.C., Technological progress improves plans to maximise hydro potential. HYDRO 2009, Lyon, France, 26-28 October 2009.
  1. Aggidis G.A. North West Hydro Resource Model. Joule Centre Conference 2009. Liverpool, 25 March 2009
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E., Rothschild R. and Howard D.C., ‘The costs of small-scale hydro power production: Impact on the development of existing potential’. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Hydropower Plants. Hydropower Plants in the Context of the Climatic Change". Vienna, Austria, 26-28 November 2008
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E., Rothschild R. and Howard D.C., ‘An analysis of the costs of small-scale hydro power for progressing world hydro development’. HYDRO 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 6-8 October 2008
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E., O’Donnell H. and  Saha S., ‘Novel Performance Envelopes’, British Hydro Association Annual Conference, September 2008
  1. Leigh P.A., Aggidis G. A., Luchinskaya E, R. Timmis R, Howard D.C., G. Walker G., Cass N. Beven K., Heathwaite L., Rothschild R, Young A. and Haxton T., ‘Informatics Analysis for Hydro-power Schemes across Northwest England’, British Hydro Association Annual Conference, September 2008
  1. Aggidis G.A, Luchinskaya E. and Howard D.C., ‘Tidal Energy and the NW of England’. British Hydro Association Annual Conference, September 2008.
  1. Aggidis, G.A., Small Hydro Power - The Opportunities, Joule Centre Conference 2008, 3rd April 2008, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
  1. Haxton T., Assessing Low Head Hydro Resource Availability, Joule Centre Conference 2008, 3rd April 2008, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
  1. McGuire T. & Leigh P., A Low Head Hydro Case Study, Joule Centre Conference 2008, 3rd April 2008, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
  1. Rothschild R., Cost benefit analysis, Joule Centre Conference 2008, 3rd April 2008, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
  1. Walker G, Towards a Sustainable Energy Economy, Joule Centre Conference 2008, 3rd April 2008, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
  1. Howard D., Water Ecology, Joule Centre Conference 2008, 3rd April 2008, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK
  1. Howard D.C., Hydropower and the environment, presentation at CIWEM/IFM joint evening conference "Environmental Issues and Technologies Surrounding Hydropower and Abstraction Screening" Didsbury, Manchester Wednesday 5th March 2008 and to Environmental Informatics students.
  1. Aggidis, G.A., Developing the Northwest of England Hydro Resource Model, Joule Grant Holders Conference, Manchester Science Museum, 10 January 2008
  1. Aggidis, G.A. and Huang, M., The New Hydro – Ocean Energy, British Hydropower Association (BHA) Annual Conference 2007, Delivering the Next Generation, The Birnam Institute, Perthshire - 10th & 11th October 2007.
  1. Aggidis, G.A., and Broatch H., Morecambe Bay: Innovation for Clean Energy Generation, British Hydropower Association (BHA) Annual Conference 2007, Delivering the Next Generation, The Birnam Institute, Perthshire - 10th & 11th October 2007.
  1. Howard D.C., Aggidis, G.A., Smith V., Robinson D., Buttle P., and Catterson N., Tidal power from the Solway Firth; barriers, impacts and capacity, British Hydropower Association (BHA) Annual Conference 2007, Delivering the Next Generation, The Birnam Institute, Perthshire - 10th & 11th October 2007.
  1. Baker, N.J., Aggidis, G.A., and Widden, M.B., Low-head low-cost hydro power by conversion to air pressure, British Hydropower Association (BHA) Annual Conference 2007, Delivering the Next Generation, The Birnam Institute, Perthshire - 10th & 11th October 2007.

  2. Leigh P. A., Aggidis, G.A., and Howard D.C., Investigation of barriers against the development of hydro power schemes in Northwest England, British Hydropower Association (BHA) Annual Conference 2007, Delivering the Next Generation, The Birnam Institute, Perthshire - 10th & 11th October 2007.

  3. Dalton, S.E., and Leigh P. A., Low Head Hydro Technologies and the need for greater uptake and implementation in the UK, An Engineer’s Perspective, British Hydropower Association (BHA) Annual Conference 2007, Delivering the Next Generation, The Birnam Institute, Perthshire - 10th & 11th October 2007.

  4. Field Day conference document proceedings (21.06.07).

  5. Aggidis G.A., “Renewable Energy Resources Impact on Clean Electrical Power by Developing the North- West England Hydro Resource Model”, IEEE International Conference on Clean Electrical Power Renewable Energy Resources Impact, (ICCEP 07), Capri, Italy, 21-23 May 2007

  6. Times Newspaper Article: “The big and small ideas to replace fossil fuels”, the North West is looking at ambitious plans fro renewable energy, Toby Murcott. Special section on England’s North West. P19. Monday (19.03.07), PI, George Aggidis and hydro resource model strongly featured.

  7. Lancaster University Renewable Energy Group seminar presentation on Joule Hydro Project (03.05.07).

  8. Centre for Hydrology and Ecology (CEH), directors strategy meeting at CEH Wallingford. Presentation by RA, Dr Phil Leigh on the “North West Hydro Resource Model and how small scale hydro power can be implemented in future CEH directions”, (05.03.07).

  9. A poster outlining the Hydro Resource Model was included at the “Sense of Place” conference, 2nd December 2006, Rheged, Penrith, Cumbria, UK.

  10. Science & Technology Conference, George Fox Building, Lancaster University, Presentation on Hydro and Renewable Energy by George Aggidis, (20.12.06).

  11. David Howard presented a talk on “Renewable Energy Sources” at the LEC Research Forum, 18th December 2006, LEC Building, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

  12. Two posters outlining and describing the work of the project were presented at the LEC Research Forum, 18th December 2006, LEC Building, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

  13. Two posters outlining and describing the work of the project were displayed at the Engineering Open Day, 7th December 2006, Engineering Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.

  14. Howard, D.C., Aggidis, G.A., Wright, S.M., and Scott R., Energy Source or Sink? The Role of the Uplands in meeting our Energy Targets, Presented at the International Uplands Centre Conference on Sustainable Uplands, 30 May to 1 June 2006, Kendal, Cumbria, UK.