• RP-2.1 Sustainable flexibility services from hydropower

Our goal is to develop measures and methods to quantify and compare different aspects of hydropower operations to provide insights into investment projects or revisions of concession terms. The developed metrics will be combined in a coherent decision support framework for assessing profitability and risk of investments in expansion projects enhancing sustainable flexibility services from hydropower.  

• RP-2.2 Sustainable upgrading and expansion of the hydropower system

RenewHydro focuses on improving hydropower flexibility through innovative approaches, including concepts and solutions for pumped storage hydropower. Reaching this goal will demand innovative technological research and solutions for flexible power generation, knowledge about how changing operational environments will affect the lifetime of pressure tunnels and embankment dams, as well as new market designs and knowledge about power system integration.

• RP-2.3 Provision of energy security and adequacy from hydropower

This project aims to provide more insight into the importance and potential of hydropower to contribute to energy security and adequacy. The topic will be elucidated both from a market perspective and from a more technical operational point of view.

• RP-2.4 Hydropower resource allocation and markets

The value of flexibility in the electricity system is increasing and will require novel support tools for operation of hydropower plants.goal is to develop analyses and methods to support bidding aspects of hydropower operations. This also links to hydropower planning more generally, for example, regarding how to represent marginal water values, and to supply estimates for capacity upgrade projects or audits of concession terms.