• Hydropower investment decisions. The ProdRisk-Shop simulator: decision support tool for revenue calculations 

  Rex, Stefan; Mo, Birger; Schäffer, Linn Emelie; Mathisen, Siri (HydroCen Rapport;45, Report, 2024)

  The transition to a renewable based power system induces new opportunities and challenges for hydro-power producers. In the Nordic region, reservoir hydropower is expected to play a key role in smoothing out variability ...

• Trykkpulsasjoner i hydrauliske strømningsmaskiner 

  Sagmo, Kristian; Storli, Pål-Tore (HydroCen brief;19, Report, 2023)

• Environmental constraints in stochastic hydropower scheduling for long planning horizons 

  Schäffer, Linn Emelie (HydroCen brief;28, Report, 2023)

• Collaboration between HydroCen and FishPass 

  da Silva, Ana Teixeira (HydroCen brief;26, Report, 2023)

• Tverrfaglig gruppe: Digitalisering og drift 

  Istad, Maren (HydroCen brief;27, Report, 2024)

• Snow Storage Information in Hydropower Scheduling: With application in the SDDP-based ProdRisk model 

  Helseth, Arild (HydroCen Rapport;44, Research report, 2024)

  This report concerns the use of snow storage information to improve hydropower scheduling. More specifically, a technique for embedding snow storage information in the stochastic dual dynamic programming (SDDP) is presented ...

• Upstream 

  Sigtryggsdóttir, Fjóla Guðrún (HydroCen brief;Nr. 20, Report, 2023)

• Breaching of rockfill dams with core 

  Sigtryggsdóttir, Fjóla Guðrún (HydroCen brief;Nr. 21, Report, 2023)

• Converter Solutions and Control Methods for Variable Speed Operation of Pumped Storage Power Plants 

  Tiwari, Raghbendra (HydroCen brief;Nr. 25, Report, 2023)

• ldentifisering av sprekker i Francis turbiner 

  Dahlhaug, Ole Gunnar; Støren, Gine Kirkebøen (HydroCen brief;Nr. 22, Report, 2021)

• Numerical modeling of the pressure signatures from a cracked blade 

  Iliev, Igor (HydroCen brief;Nr. 24, Report, 2023)

• Erosion in Francis turbines due to geometrical positioning of runner and guide vanes 

  Acharya, Nirmal (HydroCen brief;Nr. 23, Report, 2022)

• HydroCen Annual Report 2023 

  Hultgreen, Liv Randi; Landrø, Juliet; Hagen, Berit (HydroCen Report;43, Research report, 2023)

• HydroFy Final Report: Recent developments in European power market design – with implications for hydropower 

  Aubin, Viviane; Belsnes, Michael; Korpås, Magnus (HydroCen Rapport;42, Research report, 2023)

  The ongoing energy transition is profoundly transforming power systems. The change of paradigm that is taking place in the power sector leads to questioning the current market design. As reservoir hydropower is a renewable, ...

• Sustainable Flexibility Metrics - Measuring economic flexibility relative to environmental and structural sustainability 

  Mathisen, Siri; Bjørnås, Kristine Lund; Panthi, Krishna Kanta; Aronsen, Tonje; Majaneva, Markus; Tselika, Kyriaki (HydroCen Rapport;40, Research report, 2023)

  This report is written as part of the multidisciplinary Work Package 5 in HydroCen. Increased production from variable renewable energy sources leads to a higher demand for flexible power sources to fill the gap with ...

• Ramping Constraints in Hydropower Scheduling: With application in the SDDP-based ProdRisk model 

  Helseth, Arild; Rex, Stefan (HydroCen Rapport;39, Research report, 2023)

  Ramping constraints on water flows in hydropower systems may, e.g., ensure the preservation of ecological conditions, safely operate river systems, and prevent unfavorable ice formation. In this work we study how ramping ...

• “Gold Standard” for mitigating environmental impacts: Summary of literature review 

  Andersen, Oddgeir; Heidenreich, Sara; Köhler, Berit; Lamvik, Gunnar; Singsaas, Frode Thomassen; Zouhar, Yosra (HydroCen Rapport;33, Research report, 2023)

  This literature review identified 2513 articles, and after a screening process we were left with 64 European articles. We found that qualitative methods like literature/document analysis and interviews was used more often ...

• CFD model simulations for the purpose of optimizing secondary intakes: Application of 3D CFD for intakes, optimization of an existing intake structure 

  Bor, Asli; Szabo-Meszaros, Marcell; Vereide, Kaspar; Lia, Leif (HydroCen Rapport;38, Research report, 2023)

  Secondary intakes, also known as brook intakes, are crucial for hydropower schemes in alpine regions with steep hills and a high number of tributaries. Brook intakes are normally a minor part of the total inflow and combined ...

• TwinLab – Digital twin laboratory for hydropower 

  Vilberg, Ingrid; Skjelbred, Hans Ivar; Fjelldal, Bjørnar; Toftaker, Håkon; Carolli, Mauro; Bustos, Ana Adeva; Jakobsen, Sigurd Hofsmo (HydroCen brief;18, Report, 2022)

• Potensial for opprusting og utvidelse av vannkraft med miljødesign - PotOUt 

  Vilberg, Ingrid; Lia, Leif; Aronsen, Tonje; Gosselin, Marie-Pierre; Harby, Atle; Belsnes, Michael (HydroCen Rapport;35, Research report, 2023)

  PotOUt har vært et tverrfaglig forskningsprosjekt i HydroCen med målsetning om å se på muligheter for opprusting og utvidelse av norsk vannkraft med miljødesign. Prosjektet ble startet gjennom HydroCen OpenCalls i 2021. ...

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