30 & 31st of January
VENUE : ENSE 3 - GRENOBLE
Abstract submission deadline : June 15th, 2018
Hydropower is the major source of renewable electric energy. Its contributions to electric systems and grids are well acknowledged. Main advantages are: low cost, flexibility, storage, ancillary services. Its important role within the energy transition with the possibility to storage is well acknowledged.
Beyond electric generation, Hydropower also plays a significant role in the social and economic developments of territories and valleys, thanks to multi-purpose reservoirs which help meet irrigation needs, support low water flow conditions, secure water supply, and ensure flood control.
The electric sector is facing a number of not-ever-seen evolutions, and Hydro operators are now facing new and tough challenges, which cover a large spectrum of issues:
Nonetheless, the advantages and strengths of Hydropower are known; they have been recently highlighted and disseminated in the community: “White paper for Hydropower” (in French: “Livre Blanc de l’Hydrolélectricité”), published in 2017 by UFE, SER, and France-Hydro-Electricité ; “Manifesto for dams & reservoirs” published by the European Club of ICOLD ; Guidelines and the “Hydro Sustainability Assessment Protocol”, published by IHA in 2010 after having been developed by a multi-stakeholder forum, which included representatives of environmental NGOs, social NGOs, development banks, governments (China, Zambia, Iceland, Norway), and the hydropower sector.
To address the aforementioned challenges, the Hydropower actors have developed innovations and new operation models.
It is time for the French Hydro Society (SHF) to gather all the pieces of this puzzle, and to share the relevant scientific and technical information about the role that Hydropower can have in France and Europe.
In the current climatic and transitional contexts, this conference will focus on the main contributions of Hydropower in Europe, addressing also the controversies on the sensitive issues.
The conference will then address the following issues:
Theme 1: The role of Hydropower in the French and European electric systems, in the perspective of transition of energy model: panorama and case studies
Theme 2: Hydropower, an energy for the future: innovations …
Theme 3: Hydropower and society: integration of Hydro projects in territories; multi-purpose reservoirs; sociology of Hydropower
This conference is proposed for all practitioners in the Hydro business: Hydro equipment suppliers; operators of Hydro power plants (HPPs), investors, electric systems operators; transmission line operators, NGO representatives, Communities representatives, engineers, researchers.
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This HydroES conference stands within a series of conferences organized by SHF in the last decade.
The conference language is English
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