WEREHYPO: Solutions to reduce wear in hydropower plants
Start Date
2025End Date
2028Description
The objective of WEREHYPO is studying solutions to reduce the wear that takes place in different hydropower plant components as a consequence of the provision of balancing services to the...
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...
STOR-HY: INNOVATIVE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS IN HYDROPOWER
Start Date
2024End Date
2028Description
STOR-HY aims to minimize CAPEX, OPEX for innovative pumped storage projects. This is achieved by enhancing the lifetime and recyclability of components and equipment, and devising operation strategies for unconventional...
AGISTIN: Advanced Grid Interfaces for innovative STorage INtegration
Start Date
2023End Date
2026Description
Energy storage is in high demand. The decarbonisation of industry through electrification, the growth of renewables as well as the need to ensure grid stability are major incentives to develop...
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...
HYBRIDHYDRO: Hybrid power plants comprising hydropower, Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors
Start Date
2022End Date
2025Description
The main project goal is analyzing the advantages of the coordinated operation of a hydropower plant and a set of Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. For this purpose, novel control strategies...
ALPHEUS: Augmenting grid stability through Low-head Pumped Hydro Energy Utilization & Storage
Start Date
2020End Date
2024Description
With a growing share of intermittent renewable energy sources grid stability can be maintained, and flexibility enhanced, by applying pumped hydropower energy storage. ALPHEUS will improve reversible pump/turbine (RPT) technology...
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...
PHESIS: Value of pumped-hydro energy storage in isolated power systems with high wind power penetration
Start Date
2016End Date
2020Description
Several stochastic optimization models have been for the short-term generation scheduling in isolated power systems with pumped-storage and high wind power penetration. The models consider variable start-up costs and ramps...
