Table 1: Reservoirs for storage and pumped-storage SHP schemes
Stream |
Dammed stream (e.g., SHP plant, flood protection weir) |
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Natural small unused lake (if ecological value allows hydropower usage) |
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Glacier (with global warming glaciers become new lakes) |
Underground water |
Underground water lake |
Infrastructure |
Artificial snow making reservoir (especially to be used in summer) |
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Irrigation reservoir (in mountain areas especially to be used in winter) |
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Drinking water reservoir (in mountain areas especially to be used during off-tourism season) |
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Unused military infrastructure (e.g., in the Swiss alps) |
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Inoperative gallery (e.g., former construction or purge galleries) |
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Unused mining gallery |