Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Turkey · 2020
Study found flow deficit at Çataloluk small hydropower plant
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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A 2020 study in Renewable Energy reported a flow deficit at the Çataloluk small hydropower plant in the Ceyhan basin, linked to derivation losses. The stake for nature is river flow and sediment in the reach below the plant's diversion.
What?
A 2020 Renewable Energy study reported a flow deficit at the Çataloluk small hydropower plant in the Ceyhan basin. Renewable Energy (journal)
Where?
Çataloluk, Ceyhan basin, Turkey Renewable Energy (journal)
When?
Study published 2020 (Renewable Energy); plant start date not stated Renewable Energy (journal)
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Water diverted from the river through the plant, with a reported flow deficit. Renewable Energy (journal)
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
A study published in Renewable Energy in 2020 reported a flow deficit at the Çataloluk small hydropower plant in the Ceyhan basin.
The study linked the deficit to derivation losses, meaning water diverted away from the river.
The study found that the plant fell short of good practice on environmental flow and sediment management.
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Lawsuits and rulings
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Insurers
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What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the plant's capacity, owner or commissioning date.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give measured flow figures for the Çataloluk reach.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether the plant's operator has responded to the findings.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Researchers
- Renewable Energy, vol. 162 (2020), pp. 1605-1617Renewable Energy (journal) · 2020