Development of a methodology for estimation of Technical Hydropower potential in Iceland using high resolution Hydrological Modeling

• Main Author: Tinna Þórarinsdóttir 1985-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Umhverfisverkfræði; Vatnsorka; Vatnafræði; Rennslismælingar; WaSiM; Vestfirðir; Þistilfjörður; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/10768

Large portion of the total energy consumption in Iceland originates from hydropower. The last estimation of the hydropower potential was conducted thirty years ago, in 1981. Since then, there have been major technical developments that call for a renewal of estimation of hydropower potential. The ma...