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...
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...
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...
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...
