ReHydro: Demonstration of Sustainable Hydropower Refurbishment
Start Date
2024End Date
2028Description
The main objective of ReHydro is to demonstrate how European hydropower can be refurbished and modernized to be fit for a leading role in the future power system respecting sustainability...
CDL-MERI: CDL-MERI: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Meta Ecosystem Dynamics in Riverine Landscapes
Start Date
2021End Date
2028Description
To better understand the dynamic processes in the Danube, the meta-ecosystem approach combines biological processes, human activities, and ecosystem services across different spatial and temporal scales. For instance, the migratory...
Investigation of the migration behavior of fish using PIT tag technology
Start Date
2022End Date
2027Description
PIT tags are passive transmitters used for the electronic marking of fish. When marked fish swim past an antenna installed in a water body or a fish migration aid, they...
Di-Hydro: DIGITAL MAINTENANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AND FLEXIBLE OPERATION OF HYDROPOWER PLANT
Start Date
2023End Date
2026Description
Di-Hydro will develop practical solutions, applicable to HP plants and clusters across the EU, regardless of their previous digitization level, by combining innovative sensor technology and digital adaption for energy...
D-HYDROFLEX: Digital solutions for improving the sustainability performance and FLEXibility potential of HYDROpower assets
Start Date
2023End Date
2026Description
The European energy system is undergoing a significant transformation: decarbonization, security of supply, deployment of renewables and their integration into the market, generating significant opportunities and challenges for energy stakeholders....
iAMP-Hydro: intelligent Asset Management Platform for HYDROpower operation & maintenance
Start Date
2023End Date
2026Description
iAMP-Hydro is a collaborative research effort of 10 parties coming from a wide field of academia and industry. Its target is to build digital solutions that will improve the efficiency,...
RELY: Reliable reinforcement learning for sustainable energy systems
Start Date
2023End Date
2025Description
Due to the increasing complexity, the growing number of players in the energy market and the resulting need for increased flexibility, machine learning algorithms will play a significant role in...
ETIP Hydropower: ETIP Hydropower Europe
Start Date
2022End Date
2025Description
Building from this extensive programme of consultation, the Hydropower Europe Forum (https://hydropower-europe.eu/) has developed from 2018 to 2022 a Research and Innovation Agenda (RIA) as well as a Strategic Industry...
Key stimuli for the detection of fish bypasses
Start Date
2018End Date
2025Description
The research project has been addressing a series of open questions regarding the triggering of fish migrations and the orientation of fish in water bodies. As part of the project,...
Assessment of habitat enhancement measures for the protection of fish populations
Start Date
2013End Date
2025Description
Measures to protect fish populations in waters influenced by hydroelectric power plants have so far focused almost exclusively on longitudinal connectivity for fish. In particular, short-distance migrators are likely to...
XFLEX: XFLEX HYDRO
Start Date
2019End Date
2024Description
The ultimate objective of the XFLEX project is to increase hydropower potential in terms of plant efficiency, availability and provision of flexibility services to the Electric Power System (EPS). The...
RIBES: RIver flow regulation, fish BEhaviour and Status
Start Date
2020End Date
2023Description
The loss of biodiversity and degradation of aquatic habitats, largely caused by human actions, has led to a new resolution calling for ecosystem restoration. Moreover, the EU has raised the...
AFC4Hydro: Active Flow Control system FOR improving HYDRaulic turbine performances at off-design Operation
Start Date
2019End Date
2023Description
The overall objective of the AFC4Hydro research project is to design, implement and validate in full-scale water turbine an active flow control system that permit to increase efficiency and reduce...
HYPOS: HYdro-POwer-Suite
Start Date
2019End Date
2022Description
Hydropower as the world’s largest source of renewable energy still has a high unused potential to be explored in times of a changing global energy policy. The economic and ecological...
HYDROPOWER-EUROPE
Start Date
2018End Date
2022Description
The HYDROPOWER-EUROPE project aimed to support sectorial fora by bringing together stakeholders of the hydropower sector in a forum and providing a unique opportunity to bring together the hydropower community...
HydroFlex: Increasing the value of Hydropower through increased Flexibilty
Start Date
2018End Date
2022Description
HydroFlex aims to increase the value of hydro power through increased Flexibility. The commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been...
EUROFLOW: A EUROpean training and research network for environmental FLOW management in river basins
Start Date
2017End Date
2022Description
The regulation of river flows is one of the biggest stressors affecting river ecosystems across the world. In many westernised countries, major legislative efforts are therefore underpinning the development of...
Lost-Biodiv: Predicting changes in species interactions following species loss in hydroelectric reservoir islands
Start Date
2019End Date
2021Description
Studying space interactions in hydroelectric dam ecosystems The rising need for energy led to the proliferation of hydroelectric dams worldwide. However, damming is associated with some negative impacts on the...
CliRSnow: Statistically combine climate models with remote sensing to provide high-resolution snow projections for the near and distant future.
Start Date
2018End Date
2021Description
The cryosphere in the European Alps is expected to change substantially with global warming. Snow in the Alps impacts the local communities but also affects the quantity and seasonality of...
FIThydro: Fishfriendly Innovative Technologies for Hydropower
Start Date
2016End Date
2021Description
Sustainable energy sources like hydropower plants (HPPs) generate vast energy with minimal environmental impact. By utilising this clean energy solution, it is possible to effectively meet our energy demands without...
ECO-DRILLING: Environmentally efficient full profile drilling solution
Start Date
2017End Date
2020Description
The overall vision of the ECO-DRILLING project is to prototype, pilot, and commercialise our cost-effective and environmentally friendly full profile directional drilling technology for the global hydropower sector. ECO-DRILLING is...
AMBER: Adaptive Management of Barriers in European Rivers
Start Date
2016End Date
2020Description
AMBER joined together 20 European partners including academics, conservation foundations (WWF, World Fish Migration Foundation), energy providers (EDF, Sydkraft Hydropower) and policy advisors (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)). The...
DAFNE: Use of a Decision-Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food NExus in complex and trans-boundary water resources systems of fast growing developing countries.
Start Date
2016End Date
2020Description
Global trends in population growth and rising economic prosperity will increase the demand for energy, food and water, with more severe impact in fast-growing economies, such as in several African...
Waterjade: Waterjade: the global platform to predict water resources
Start Date
2019End Date
2019Description
Water scarcity from environmental changes is taking its toll on numerous sectors, particularly the energy sector. The absence of effective methods to predict the quantities of water produced from snow...
KEEPFISH: Knowledge Exchange for Efficient Passage of Fishes in the Southern Hemisphere
Start Date
2016End Date
2019Description
The decline of freshwater fish biodiversity is proceeding at an alarming and persistent rate. Given that most fish must undertake some form of migration in order to complete their life-cycle,...
BINGO: Bringing INnovation to onGOing water management – A better future under climate change
Start Date
2015End Date
2019Description
Climate Change. Water scarcity. Floods. Droughts. Heavy rains. These words have increasingly punctuated our current dialogue in Europe – socially, academically, and politically. There are plenty of long-term concepts on...
