HydroFlex (Increasing the value of Hydropower through increased Flexibility) is a research and innovation action with a budget of €5,7m funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme “H2020-EU.3.3.2 – Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply”. HydroFlex addresses the technology-specific challenge “Hydropower: Increasing flexibility of hydropower” of the Work Programme Topic “LCE-07-2016-2017 – Developing the next generation technologies of renewable electricity and heating/cooling”, which focuses on the need to develop new technologies, generators and turbine designs to increase the flexibility of hydropower plants while mitigating environmental impacts.

HydroFlex is running for four years (from May 1st 2018). It is coordinated by NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in Trondheim, Norway, and has in total 16 research and industry partners from five European countries.