Key words: flexibility solutions, KPIs, ASM
Key words: guidelines, replicability, key performance indicators, testing, modelling
What is flexibility, how does it apply it hydropower and how can we quantify its benefits?
Key words: pumped storage, full-size frequency converters, Grande Dixence, Alpiq
Key words: hydraulic short circuit, directly-fed induction machine, Frades, EDP
Key words: high head, pumped storage, hydraulic short circuit, Grand'Maison, EDF
Key words: Hydraulic short circuit, Smart Power Plant Supervisor, Alqueva, EDP
Key words: smart power plant supervisor, range extension, Alto Lindoso, EDP NEW
Key words: BESS hybridisation, Kaplan turbine, run-of-river, EDF
Key words: CFD; RANS; hydraulic shortcircuit; OpenFOAM
Key words: DPL operating points, FSI modelling, Finite Element analyses
Key words: HSC operation, CFD pressure fluctuations
Key words: Failure analysis, Diagnostics, thrust bearing damage
Key words: Variable speed operation, Francis Turbine, Doubly Fed Induction Machine
Key words: variable speed, FSFC, CFD/FEA simulations
Key words: CFD simulations, SST and SBES turbulence model,
Key words: Full Size Frequency Converter, hydraulic transient simulations
Key words: Best Efficiency Point, Francis turbine, artificial intelligence techniques
Jean-Louis Drommi shares a groundbreaking journey into the fusion of hydropower and artificial intelligence. His first-hand account provides a unique insight...
Key words: natural frequencies, Kaplan turbine
Key words: Frequency containment reserve, hybrid mode
Swiss energy company Alpiq is hosting a private visit to the Z’Mutt hydropower plant for partners of the European innovation project XFLEX HYDRO.The purpose...
Key words: power plant transients, hydraulic short circuit mode
Frades 2 is a new 780 MW pumped storage hydropower plant in northern Portugal
Exploring the emerging opportunities for hydropower plants to provide new short-term flexibility…
The Vogelgrun hydropower plant on the Rhine River is testing how a battery energy storage system (BESS) can increase the flexibility of the plant and reduce...
The next step is developing an innovative methodology to integrate and fully utilise the demonstrated hydro technologies at new and existing hydropower assets
Alto Lindoso and Caniçada are two reservoir storage hydropower plants, each equipped with Francis turbine units with a total installed capacity of 630 MW and...
Alqueva is a pumped storage hydropower plant equipped with four fixed-speed reversible pump-turbine units with a total installed capacity of 520 MW.
Frades 2 is a pumped storage hydropower plant, equipped with two variable speed units composed of two 390 MW reversible pump-turbines coupled with doubly-fed…
Grand'Maison is a pumped storage hydropower plant featuring twelve 150 MW units, consisting of four Pelton turbines and eight reversible pump-turbines.
Vogelgrun is a run-of-river hydropower plant equipped with four 39 MW Kaplan units. For the XFLEX HYDRO demonstration, one of the units is hybridised with a...
Z’Mutt is the largest pumped storage hydropower plant of the Grand Dixence hydroelectric complex, featuring five units with a total pumping power of 88 MW.
To evaluate the performance of different hydroelectric technologies and solutions under development…
The Frades 2 hydropower plant in the north of Portugal is testing how Hydraulic Short Circuit (HSC) technology can enhance the power regulation services and...
Key words: Frequency containment reserve, Optimal control
Key words: Real-time systems , Matrix converters
Videos of the three presentations and the live Q&As from the webinar…
Key words: Francis turbine, AI, linear regression models
Key words: linearization strategies, Taylor expansion
The project will demonstrate a set of innovative hydroelectric technologies at selected sites across Europe…
Key words: Francis turbine, neural network-based method
Key words: Time-frequency analysis , Power system stability , Control systems
Key words: KPI Matrix, Future scenarios, flexibility needs
A battery energy storage system (BESS) container to be used in the XFLEX HYDRO initiative arrived at EDF’s Volgelgrun hydropower plant on 1 April 2021.
To date, all demonstrations in XFLEX HYDRO have been focused on performing initial studies
XFLEX HYDRO has launched its first progress report.
XFLEX HYDRO presented a new XFLEX HYDRO report titled ‘Flexibility, technologies and scenarios for hydropower’
Key words: Torque , Frequency conversion , Rotors
Key words: Hydraulic transient, wear and tear, PFC
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The Hydropower Extending Power System Flexibility (XFLEX HYDRO) project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857832.
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