The new role of sustainable hydropower in flexible energy systems and its technical evolution through innovation and digitalization
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.52202/069564-0160" target="_blank" >10.52202/069564-0160</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The new role of sustainable hydropower in flexible energy systems and its technical evolution through innovation and digitalization
Original language description
Hydropower (HP) has played an important role in Europe in recent decades, offering a unique combination of safe, low-cost and clean power generation. Today, it is still one of the largest renewable energy sources (RES), accounting for about 35% of RES electricity generation and its share is estimated to reach 50% by 2025. However, grid stability is threatened by the increasing amount of unregulated energy (wind and solar). Flexibility and dynamics such as energy storage and rapid response are urgently needed to achieve EU policy goals. In such a context, HP can play a key role, not only as a provider of regulated renewable energy, but also due to its ability to balance a renewable energy system in the short term (seconds to minutes) and in the medium/long term (months or even years) through the use of pumped storage technology. All these aspects underline the new role of hydropower, which aims to strengthen grid stability and power supply resilience, and to enable higher penetration of volatile RES. The study provides an overview of the preliminary results obtained by the working groups of the COST Pen@hydropower action. In particular, it presents a first assessment of the flexibility offered by hydropower today at the European level, focusing on different geographical areas, and confirms the key role of hydropower in future scenarios (30% of the flexibility demand at all time scales met by hydropower). An overview of the digitalization solutions and innovative technologies that support the growth of a new generation of sustainable hydropower and the modernization of existing hydropower plants is also provided.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20301 - Mechanical engineering
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
36th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2023
ISBN
9781713874928
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Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1767-1776
Publisher name
International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
Place of publication
neuveden
Event location
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Event date
Jun 25, 2023
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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