Virtual EGU General Assembly - Call for Abstract - Session HS5.3 on Hydropower, Renewable Energy Sources and the Water-Energy Nexus

[Voisin, Nathalie]

Dear colleagues,

Please consider submitting an abstract to our session on Hydropower, Renewable Energy Sources and the Water-Energy Nexus, as part of the virtual EGU General Assembly 2021 (vEGU21: Gather Online | 19-30 April).

Session ID#:HS5.3.3
Session Title: Innovation in Hydropower Operations and Planning to integrate Renewable Energy Sources and optimize the Water-Energy Nexus (https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39094).

A more detailed description of the session follows below. The session has the support of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) that established the joint program “Hydropower” to facilitate research, promote hydropower and enable sustainable electricity production. Further information can be found here: https://www.eera-set.eu/eera-joint-programmes-jps/list-of-jps/hydropower/

 

The deadline for the submission of abstract is  Wednesday, 13 January 2021 (13:00 CET): <https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/sessionprogramme>

 

Looking forward to your contributions and apologies for any cross posting,

 

Benoit Hingray : Institut for Geosciences and Environment / University of Grenoble-Alpes / Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France

Elena Pummer :  Asst. Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway

Nathalie Voisin : Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA

David C. Finger : Asst. Prof., School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Reykjavík, Iceland

Baptiste François : Res.Asst.Prof., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

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Session Description:

The transition to a low-carbon economy will require the development of innovative methods to integrate renewable sources of energy while minimizing the additional pressure on closely connected ecosystems.

Hydropower is a mature and cost-competitive renewable energy source, which helps stabilize fluctuations between energy demand and supply. The structural and operational differences between hydropower systems and renewable energy farms may require changes in the way hydropower facilities operate to provide balancing, reserves or energy storage. Yet, non-power constraints on the hydropower system, such as water supply, flood control, conservation, recreation, navigation may affect the ability of hydropower to adjust and support the integration of renewables.

Holistic approaches that may span a range of spatial and temporal scales are needed to evaluate hydropower opportunities and support a successful integration of renewables maintaining a resilient and reliable power grid. In particular, there is a need to better understand and predict spatio-temporal dynamics between climate, hydrology, and power systems.     

This session solicits academics and practitioners contributions on novel technical tools and analytics that explore the use of hydropower and storage technologies to  support the integration of distributed renewable energy sources in planning and management of low-carbon electricity systems. We specifically encourage interdisciplinary teams of hydrologists, meteorologists, power system engineers, and economists to present on case studies and power grid modernization initiatives, and discuss collaboration with environmental and energy policymakers.

Questions of interest include:

- How to predict water availability and storage capabilities for hydropower production?  
- How to predict and quantify the space-time dependences and the positive/negative feedbacks between wind/solar energies, water cycle and hydropower?
- How do energy, land use and water supply interact during transitions?
- What policy requirements or climate strategies are needed to manage and mitigate risks in the transition?
- Quantification of energy production impacts on ecosystems such as hydropeaking effects on natural flow regimes.

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Nathalie Voisin, Ph.D.

Principal Water Resources Engineer- Regional Water-Energy Dynamics Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Affiliate Associate Professor - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept., University of Washington