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HYDROPOWER EUROPE, a partner of the SMARTSPEND event European Conference on Access to Risk Finance for Energy Transition, invites you to the conference which will be held on 25 – 27 May 2021.

This high-level conference is an opportunity for energy research and industry, private financing providers and EU policymakers to exchange views about how to finance efficiently the clean energy transition.

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On the 18th of March 2021, the FIThydro project organised the International Conference on Fishfriendy Hydropower - #hydrofish2021.

HYDROPOWER EUROPE was invited to present highlights from its forum activities in the session Towards future research agenda for fish-friendly and sustainable hydropower.

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HYDROPOWER EUROPE regularly participates and contributes to the IEA Technology Cooperation Programme on Hydropowerhydro activities. The IEA Hydro is a working group of International Energy Agency member countries and others who have a common interest in advancing hydropower worldwide.

IEA activities provide input for the preparation of HPE’s main outcomes, namely the Research and Innovation Agenda (RIA) and the Strategic Industry Roadmap (SIR). 

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World Water Day will be held on the 22nd of March 2021. It is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater, coordinated by UN-Water and led by one or more UN-Water Members and Partners with a related mandate.

A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. It is also an opportunity to draw attention to the contribution of hydropower taking action to tackle the global water crisis. World Water Day aims at raising awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis.

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On the 24th - 27th of February 2021, INCOLD hosted a Symposium on the Sustainable Development of Dams and River Basins. During the plenary session, Anton Schleiss took the opportunity to present the HYDROPOWER EUROPE Forum with a talk entitled Hydropower and dams as a catalyst for the energy transition in Europe.

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On the 19th of January 2021, over 20 representatives from non-governmental organisations met together with the HYDROPOWER EUROPE Forum to address the environmental and socio-economic challenges that European countries are facing at an online roundtable. 

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Abstract Submission - Deadline Extension

The HydroES 2021 abstract submission deadline has been extended to 7th December 2021.

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The management team of Hydropower Europe project represented by Anton SCHLEIS, Lead of Hydropower Europe, and Jean-Jacques FRY, President of the European Club of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), participated in the workshop organised by INEA which connected European hydropower projects.

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On 12th and 13th October 2020, over 160 hydropower industry, civil society and policy representatives met to answer technical, environmental and social challenges for hydropower as a catalyst for the clean energy transition in Europe at a HYDROPOWER EUROPE online event.

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Hydropower experts have combined their knowledge to publish an 87-page document detailing the current state of the art in hydropower technologies and techniques.  This review establishes a baseline reference from which future R&D actions are being developed and prioritised.

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