Objectives

Fish lift’s performance assessment, conception of improvement measures and implementation.

Benefits

Intangible environmental benefits by mitigating the impact of the dam into river connectivity, allowing fish fauna movements for feeding and breeding.

Parternships

• EDP Generation
• EDP Labelec – Environment
• School of Agriculture Sciences  from the University of Lisboa

Labelec's participation description

Project planning and coordination. Transfer of results and technical-scientific knowledge to the exploitation rules of the Touvedo’s Hydroelectric Scheme, such as:

• Video monitoring of the fish lift;
• Monitoring of fish fauna downstream of the dam;
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the fish lift;
• Integration of monitoring, design and operating information;
• Definition of measures to increase the efficiency of the lift.