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Hydropower

An overview of the impacts of hydropower generation on water management can be found in “Towards efficient use of water resources in Europe” (EEA 2012b). The impacts are plentiful and the altered flow regimes and water-level fluctuations as well as the sediment transport an retention affect floodplains (EEA, 2012b). The Renewable Energy Directive (EU 2009) does not set legally binding national targets for hydropower specifically but does so for electricity and transport for renewable sources in general. Where this directive makes a general reference to ecosystem services and the Ramsar Convention (Ramsar Convention Secretariat 2014) in the preambles, there is no specific reference to the Water Framework Directive or any other specific European water or nature legislation.