Rheoconsult offers services to current and future customers using experiences from the following projects:

 

THERMAL POWER (other than Nuclear)

  1. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a natural gas fuelled power plant in Moldova (2005)
  2. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of a combined cycle power plant in Gaza, Palestine (1999)
  3. Environmental impact of peat extraction (1982-1987)
  4. Biomass energy. Sources and supply (Supervision of B.Sc.Thesis, 2002. In Swedish with English summary) [Read thesis]

HYDROELECTRIC POWER

  1. Construction of a model to determine environmental flows in Costa Rica (financed by SIDA) (start 2003, ends 2007)
  2. Analyses of the rational and consequences of implementing EU’s Water Framework Directive (2004-ongoing)
  3. Evaluation of methods to improve migration of Baltic salmon and sea trout in River Umeälven (2002. In Swedish with English summary) [Read, Read more]
  4. Transport of material and matter in regulated Swedish rivers (Joint research project, 2001-2003) [Summary]
  5. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Kölsillre small-scale power plant at River Ljungan, Sweden (1999)
  6. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Epupa Falls’ hydropower project in Namibia/Angola (1996-1998)
  7. Assessment of environmental risks and management strategies in connection with current and future hydroelectric projects in Lao PDR (1996-1999)
  8. Screening of environmental impacts of Alto Cachapoal hydroelectric project in Chile (1997)
  9. Review of environmental impact assessment of Miguillas Valley Expansion Project in Bolivia (1996)
  10. Research and general reviews of instream flow in Sweden and abroad (1982-present)
  11. Classification of potential sites for development of small-scale hydro power in the county of Örebro, Sweden (1981)

NUCLEAR POWER

  1. Evaluations and reviews of research related to the environmental impact of thermal effluents in brackish water (1982-1996) [Read summary]

WIND POWER

  1. Location of large wind power parks in Crimea (In Russian) [Link]
  2. Analysis of impact included in Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) (Vattenfall, 2004) [What about bird collisions?]

OTHERS

  1. Modelling the impact of road construction and traffic on biodiversity (Swedish Road Administration) (ongoing)
  2. Restoration of Sebkha Sijoumi, Tunisia (project in preparation)
  3. Water management plan of the Kachovka Reservoir, Dnieper River, Ukraine (1998-2001)
  4. Tracing leakage of mining effluents in streams. Vieille Montagne, Sweden (1980)
  5. Water Framework Directive, interpretation and consequences for hydroelectric generation (ongoing) [read opinion]

APPLIED RESEARCH AND REVIEWS

  1. Organic Pollution. Development of a Swedish pollution index based on the composition of aquatic communities (1976-1982).
  2. Acidification. Impacts on aquatic animals and recovery aspects (1975-1998)
  3. Environmental impacts of offshore wind power (Elforsk AB, 2005. In Swedish with English summary) [Entire report]
  4. Instream flow methodologies and river management (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 2003-2004)
  5. Greenhouse gas emissions from hydroelectric reservoirs [simple message; load down entire report]
  6. Hydroelectric power (instream flow (In Swedish), prospects and mitigation (In Swedish), temperature effects, small-scale development)
  7. Impact of drought in running waters (Skåne County Council) (ongoing)
  8. Life Cycle Analyses of electric generation in Sweden [More] and worldwide (1993-ongoing)

TEACHING ACTIVITIES (ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION)

  1. University of Kalmar (1998-2004) [link]
  2. Royal Institute of Technology, Energy and Environment (Annually since 1997) [Get tempted!]

The Photo Gallery provides a rhapsodic view of energy and the use of natural resources as experienced in these and other projects.

 

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