News & Info
08 March 2022
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:
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 |