This webinar will present a new XFLEX HYDRO report titled ‘Flexibility, technologies and scenarios for hydropower’, by the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC).

Contributing authors are: The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Power Vision Engineering (PVE), SuperGrid Institute, the International Hydropower Association (IHA), EDP Centre for New Energy Technologies (EDP CNET) and The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

INESC TEC, together with the above XFLEX HYDRO project partners, is developing a comprehensive framework to assess flexibility and system support services provision for future power systems linking hydroelectric power plants, system services technical aspects and market mechanisms.

INESC TEC will present their new report on the early stages of this work, covering:

·         Ancillary services and market frameworks – current and future trends

·         XFLEX HYDRO project demonstrations and technological solutions to be assessed and/or implemented

·         Early-stage matrices to evaluate ancillary services, markets and the XFLEX HYDRO demonstrations

·        An overview of the existing hydroelectric power plants portfolio in Europe.

The presenters will be:

·         Prof. Carlos Moreira, Senior Researcher at INESC TEC

·         Prof. François Avellan, XFLEX HYDRO Project Scientific Advisor

·         Dr. Elena Vagnoni, scientist and lecturer at EPFL and XFLEX HYDRO Scientific Coordinator

Registration

The webinar will be chaired by Mr Richard Taylor, XFLEX HYDRO Strategic Advisor.