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News & Info 08 March 2022

“The role of flexible hydropower in the future energy system” – HydroFlex public workshop

The HydroFlex project is 4 years, 5.4 mil € research project financed through EU’s Horizon 2020 program. The aim of the project is to increase the value of hydro power through increased Flexibility. In this public workshop, some of the key results from the project will be presented. The workshop will present the scenarios the project has been working with and address the following questions:

  • How flexible can a Francis turbine be operated?
  • How to increase flexibility of the generator?
  • Can we analyze and understand the trade-off between increased flexibility and environmental impact? and
  • What is the public acceptance for more flexible operation?

After a winter with unprecedented price peaks and high volatility, the question of the role of highly flexible hydropower is more pertinent than ever.

 
Final Public Workshop
Time Action Presenter
09:00 Welcome Bjarne Børresen (Multiconsult)
09:10 Presentation of HydroFlex project Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug (NTNU)
09:15 Hydropower in the European energy system: Future flexibility requirements (WP2) Peter Wirtz (RWTH Aachen University)
09:35 WP2 – discussions
09:45 WP3 Flexibility of Turbines Igor Iliev (SINTEF)
10-05 WP3- discussions
10:15 Converter controlled synchronous machines, overcoming challenges in generators to switches (WP4) Urban Lundin (Uppsala University)
10:35 WP4 – discussions
10:45 BREAK
11:00 WP5 Social Acceptance and Mitigation of Environmental Impact Staffan Lundström (Luleå University of Technology)
11:20 WP5 – discussions
11:30 WP6 Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Bjarne Børresen (Multiconsult)
11:50 WP6 – discussions
12:00 LUNCH
13:00 Panel discussions WP leaders & others
13:40 Closing remarks Project Coordinator(NTNU)/ Project Officer(EU)
14:00 Program end Bjarne Børresen