STOR-HY: Innovative Storage in Hydropower

💧⚡ Introducing STOR-HY: innovative storage technology and operation in #hydropower: 💡 Funded by the Horizon Europe programme 🤝 Partners: 19 organisations from 8 countries 💰 Budget: €7.9 M 🗓️ Duration: 48 months 🌍 Coordinated by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) This #EUfunded project aims to: ✅ 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 of pumped storage plants (#PSP) ✅ Boost 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 of components ✅ Improve 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 for greater #efficiency ✅ Adapt PSPs to 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐬 Demonstrators: 1️⃣ Vouglans-Saut Mortiert-Coiselet, FR 2️⃣ Cheylas, FR 3️⃣ La Rance, FR 4️⃣ Alqueva, PT 5️⃣ Vilarinho das Furnas, PT 6️⃣ Pozu Figaredo, ES Key outcomes: 🔵 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 thanks to real-time control and predictive maintenance 🔵 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥, strengthening Europe’s #gridresilience 🔵 #𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: environmental, circular, economic and social impact Our consortium includes leading universities, energy giants, and research pioneers from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Stay tuned for updates as we improve the EU’s renewable energy landscape. Together, we are building a sustainable future! 💡 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), GE Vernova, EDP, EDP Renewables, EDF, EDF Renouvelables, INESC TEC, University of Twente, vgbe energy e.V., Zabala Innovation Europe, Zabala Innovation Spain, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, KAIZEN Solutions (KZS), Grenoble INP - UGA, Sener, Grupo HUNOSA, SADIM Ingeniería, Fundación Asturiana de la Energía, FAEN, Alstom, Alstom Power, HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, ANDRITZ Hydro #Hydropower #EnergyStorage #GreenEnergy #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Innovation #STORHY

Thank you, STOR-HY: Innovative Storage in Hydropower 🔥 We're proud to be part of this ambitious project, working together to enhance the durability and recyclability of pumped storage plant (PSP) components! Looking forward to the next milestones! 🚀

🔋– Hydropower plants with pumped storage can work as giant batteries, storing energy for when it’s needed. This is crucial with the growing use of renewable energy that need reliable storage, and can help improve the flexibility and resilience of the EU energy grid, says Surya Teja Kandukuri, senior researcher at NORCE. 🌍A team of NORCE-researchers are working together with colleagues from 21 partners in 8 different countries to improve and develop operations for pumped storage hydropower in the EU-project STOR-HY. The goal is to    ✅enhance flexibility and reliability,  ✅minimize negative environmental impacts,  ✅and improve social acceptance of hydropower.  💬– One thing we want to do, is to enhance the lifetime and reliability of components and equipment. Therefore, we are developing monitoring solutions for the hydropower equipment to improve transparency into the machine health. Simultaneously, we are developing a co-simulation environment for realizing complex digital twins for hydropower, explains Kandukuri.   💡At a pumped storage hydropower plant water is pumped from a lower reservoir to a higher one. When electricity is needed, the stored water is released back down to the lower reservoir, turning turbines to generate power. Surya Kandukuri, Jan Ludvig Vinningland, STOR-HY: Innovative Storage in Hydropower, Rune Schlanbusch, Alexandre Presas Batlló, Anne Marthe Harstad, Mia Masiha Kakar-Afzali, Espen Jettestuen, Jason Deegan, JEROME AUGUSTE, #hydropower #pumpedstoragehydropower #STOR-HY

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: KAIZEN 🎯 Find out how KAIZEN Solutions (KZS) is contributing to our mission to increase the #durability and #recyclability of pumped storage plant (#PSP) components 💧⚡ 👩💻 Based in the Inovallée technology park in France, KAIZEN is a software engineering services company specialising in critical information and industrial systems in the energy and defence sectors. It is involved in WP3, WP4 and WP6. #Hydropower #EnergyStorage #GreenEnergy #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Innovation #STORHY

🔹 Advancing hydropower in EU policy discussions🔹 Last week, representatives of STOR-HY and its sister project SHERPA, new solutions for hydropower plants attended a networking cocktail on 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥, organised by ETIP HYDROPOWER. The event brought together industry leaders, researchers and policy makers, including MEPs, to discuss the crucial role of hydropower in Europe’s 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 💧⚡ With a short presentation highlighting hydropower’s potential to 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, the event provided key insights to support informed decision-making in upcoming EU policies. At STOR-HY, we are advancing 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, ensuring that hydropower remains a cornerstone of Europe’s renewable energy landscape. These discussions are helping to shape policies that will drive research, investment, and deployment of hydropower storage technologies 🔋 💡 Many thanks to the organisers and participants such as MEPs Angelika Niebler and Bruno Tobback for facilitating these critical conversations! Collaboration between research, industry and policymakers is essential to drive innovation and secure sustainable, affordable and reliable energy for the future 💪🏻 Denis Aelbrecht, Anton J. Schleiss, International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), EDF, EDF Renouvelables #Hydropower #EnergyStorage #Innovation #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #Renewables #GreenEnergy #STORHY #EUPolicy

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: NORCE 🎯 Find out how the NORCE Norwegian Research Centre is contributing to our mission to increase the #durability and #recyclability of pumped storage plant (#PSP) components 💧⚡ 🔎 NORCE is a Norwegian independent research institute with expertise in hydropower, condition monitoring, advanced control systems and environmental impact. It has over 600 researchers of 50 nationalities and operates in nine cities. [𝘌𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮: 𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘖𝘙𝘊𝘌 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵-𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.] It participates in WP2, WP3, WP4, WP6 and WP7. #Hydropower #EnergyStorage #GreenEnergy #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Innovation #STORHY

(see English version below) 📢 Busquem Personal investigador predoctoral per a la convocatòria STEP (Plataforma de Tecnologies Estratègiques per a Europa)! El CDIF busca un/a candidat/a per presentar-se a la següent convocatòria d’Ajuts per a la contractació de joves investigadors, en l’àmbit de l’energia hidràulica i l’emmagatzematge d’energia elèctrica. Aquesta temàtica s'inclou dins de la Plataforma de Tecnologies Estratègiques per a Europa (STEP). Aquest programa d’ajuts finançarà la contractació de personal investigador per a la realització d’una tesi doctoral durant 3 anys. ️✈️ L’ajut compta amb finançament per fer estades de mobilitat i s’ofereix l’opció de realitzar una part del doctorat a l'exterior. ☝ A més, el/la candidat/a podrà col·laborar en el projecte Horizon (STOR-HY: Innovative Storage in Hydropower) més ambiciós d’emmagatzematge d’energia elèctrica amb centrals reversibles. El projecte conté els membres i agents més importants relacionats amb l’energia hidràulica a països com Suïssa, França, Portugal, Alemanya i Noruega. Requisits per optar a l'ajut (bases segons la convocatòria): - Haver finalitzat un Màster universitari o haver-ne cursat un mínim de 60 ECTS. - Tenir la nacionalitat d’algun dels estats membres de la Unió Europea. 📩  Si hi estàs interessat/da, posa’t en contacte amb el CDIF a l’adreça cdif@upc.edu. ---- English: 📢 We’re looking for predoctoral researchers for the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) call! CDIF is looking for a candidate to apply to the following Grant for the recruitment of young researchers, within the fields of hydropower and electrical energy storage. This field is included within the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP). This grant program funds the recruitment of predoctoral research staff in training to carry out a PhD thesis for 3 years. ✈️ The grant includes funding for mobility and the option to carry out part of the PhD abroad. ☝ What’s more, the candidate will be able to participate in the most ambitious Horizon project (STOR-HY: Innovative Storage in Hydropower) regarding the storage of electrical energy with reversible power plants. The project has the most important members and agents related to hydropower in countries like Switzerland, France, Portugal, Germany and Norway. Grant application requirements (see call requirements): - Applicants must have finished a Master’s degree or at least 60 ECTS of a Master’s degree. - Applicants must hold the nationality of an EU country. 📩 If you are interested, please contact CDIF at the following email address: cdif@upc.edu. Enllaç a la convocatòria / Link to the call: https://lnkd.in/dVGTivWj

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Zabala 🎯 Find out how Zabala Innovation Europe is contributing to our mission to increase the #durability and #recyclability of pumped storage plant (#PSP) components 💧⚡ 💡 Zabala is a leading international consultancy firm specialising in comprehensive R&D and #innovation management services. It has extensive experience in proposal writing, project management, and communication and dissemination activities of #EUprojects. Within STOR-HY it is the leader of WP9. #Hydropower #EnergyStorage #GreenEnergy #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Innovation #STORHY

📢 Our third speaker for the webinar “𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭” is Elena Vagnoni. Elena is the head of the research projects group at EPFL Technology Platform for Hydraulic Machines and a lecturer in the EPFL Mechanical Engineering Section. She graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 2013 and earned her PhD in Mechanics at EPFL in 2018. Before her current role, she was a research assistant fellow at The Johns Hopkins University and a guest scientist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She is also the Vice-Coordinator of the European Energy Research Association joint programme on Hydropower. Elena will present the XFLEX HYDRO project, which aimed to enhance hydropower’s #flexibility services for the #grid. To achieve this, the project introduced an innovative methodology for integrating hydroelectric #technology solutions and analysing their impact on the modern power market. These solutions also optimise maintenance schedules, reduce outage times, and improve the availability of Europe's hydroelectric power plant #fleet, making hydropower more #efficient and #reliable. 📝 Register here: https://lnkd.in/d2DHYDHa #hydropower #research #webinar #FITHydro #XFLEXHYDRO #HYPOSO #cleanenergy #renewables #boostinghydropower

We are excited to be a part of this innovative Horizon Europe Project and to work with such a diverse team of international experts!