Computes the residual energy potential of different renewable energies

DESCRIPTION

The r.green.hydro suite computes the hydropower potential.
It is composed of several programs considering different limits (e.g. theoretical, recommended, legal, technical, ecological and economic constraints).
The r.green.hydro suite consists of the following six different parts:

• r.green.hydro.theoretical
  calculates for each basin the theoretical maximum hydropower energy potential
  input raster maps:    - discharge along river network     - elevation of the considered region
  input vector map:       existing plant position
  output vector maps: - available river segments               - optimal plant position

• r.green.hydro.recommended
  detects the potential plant position considering legal and ecological constraints and the user's recommendations
  input raster maps:    - discharge along river network     - elevation of the considered region     - minimum flow discharge
  input vector maps:    - existing plant position                   - areas excluded from calculation
  output vector maps: - available river segments               - optimal plant position

• r.green.hydro.technical
  calculates the hydropower potential considering technical constrains (head losses, efficiency of turbine)
  input vector map:       intakes and restitutions of the potential plants
  output vector map:  - structure (derivation channel and penstock) on both sides of the river for each potential plant

• r.green.hydro.financial
  computes the economic costs and values of the plants
  input raster maps:    - landuse     - slope
  input vector maps:   - segments of the potential plants   - plant structure     - electric grid
  output vector map:    structure of the potential plants with a re-organized table with e.g. power, gross head, total cost

• r.green.hydro.structure
  computes the derivation channel and the penstock for each potential plant on both sides of the river
  input raster map:       elevation of the considered region
  input vector map:       segments of the potential plants
  output vector map:    structure for each plant on both sides of the river

• r.green.hydro.optimal
  detects the position of the potential hydropower plants that can produce the highest possible power
  input raster maps:    - discharge along river network     - elevation of the considered region
  input vector map:       considered rivers
  output vector maps: - potential river segments               - intake and restitution of each potential plant

SEE ALSO

r.green - overview page

AUTHOR

For authors and references, please refer to the respective modules of r.green.

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.green.hydro source code (history)
Latest change: Thursday Mar 20 21:36:57 2025 in commit 7286ecf