Designing flexible turbines
On Feb 05-06, WP3 participants from NTNU and EDR&Medeso met in Trondheim to discuss how to optimize turbine design for operation with high flexibility.
Successful measurements at the Porjus Hydropower Plant
The WP4 team from Uppsala University, Sweden, carried out successful measurements of the excitation winding resonance frequencies of the generator Unit 9 at the Porjus Hydropower Plant.
New HydroFlex Publication
The HydroFlex report "Hydropower Providing Flexibility for a Renewable Energy System: Three European Energy Scenarios" is published.
HydroFlex PhD position at NTNU
PhD vacancy at NTNU - application deadline 23.01.2019.
Meet HydroFlex PhD Candidates: Anton Burman
HydroFlex PhD Candidate Anton Burman conducts research in work package 5 on "Flow Scenario Modelling in Proximity to Hydropower Plants with Rapidly Changing Flow Conditions".
HydroFlex Report: Three European Energy Scenarios
HydroFlex Report "Hydropower Providing Flexibility for a Renewable Energy System: Three European Energy Scenarios" This WP2 report defines three European energy scenarios, "Green Hydro", "Reference" and "Prosumer", examining demand on future flexibility and profitability of hydropower. Please find the report here: HydroFlex Report_Three European Energy Scenarios
Meet HydroFlex PhD Candidates: Marija Lazarevikj
HydroFlex PhD Candidate Marija Lazarevikj from "Ss Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje conducts research on the optimization of the guide vanes system in Francis turbines.
Meet HydroFlex PhD Candidates: Filip Stojkovski
HydroFlex PhD Candidate Filip Stojkovski from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (UKiM) conducts research on efficient flow "feeding" of the turbine runner.
Field work at Nidelva and Ume älv
It has been an active autumn for HydroFlex partners in WP5 with field work at Nidelva and Ume älv.
HydroFlex on track!
The first HydroFlex Executive Board Meeting was hosted by the Institute of Power Systems and Power Economics (IAEW) at the RWTH Aachen.