{"id":4840,"date":"2020-07-17T11:05:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T09:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/the-shf\/about-us\/history\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T18:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:17:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/en\/the-shf\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4840\" class=\"elementor elementor-4840 elementor-96\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ecd5da2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ecd5da2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-237cef4\" data-id=\"237cef4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67edc2d elementor-nav-menu__align-start elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none ss_nav_pages_01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"67edc2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;fas fa-caret-down\\&quot; 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The work of this commission quickly reached such a scale that G. Cordier, President of the Chambre syndicale des Forces Hydrauliques, was encouraged to create an independent company capable of owning and managing funds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11f5621\" data-id=\"11f5621\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f22aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26f22aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"grenoble3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzkxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoZi1oeWRyby5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzA0XC9ncmVub2JsZTMuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3-764x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-391\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3-300x402.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3-600x804.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grenoble3.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d98af0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d98af0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7de02c7\" data-id=\"7de02c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-368edcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"368edcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is how the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Hydrotechnique de France (SHF) was created in 1912, under the law of 1901.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc18c55 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc18c55\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-10618a1\" data-id=\"10618a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51bde55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51bde55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzYxLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoZi1oeWRyby5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzA0XC8xMzI0MTc5ODk4LWdyZW5vYmxlLWV4cG9zaXRpb24tMTkyNS0xLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-361\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1-300x469.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1-600x938.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1324179898-grenoble-exposition-1925-1-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e368e98\" data-id=\"e368e98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a9e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0a9e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To the deployment ...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b687d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b687d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A half-savvy, half-technical society, the SHF was, until the nationalization of electric power, the technical body of the Chambre syndicale des forces hydrauliques.<\/p><p>Its statutes stipulate that it must &#8220;study all questions, carry out all research and experiments relating to hydraulics with a view, in particular, to enabling the development and operation of waterfalls under the best, safest and most economical conditions&#8221;.<\/p><p>During the First World War, it was called upon to contribute to the efforts to replace coal with white coal in as many industries as possible.<\/p><p>In order to carry out its industrial missions, the SHF set up a permanent testing and control department for hydraulic installations in 1927.<\/p><p>From a scientific point of view, it carried out the first major studies on water hammer, equilibrium chimneys, floods, solid flows and the power limits of large hydraulic machines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e34d208 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e34d208\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7a3e4d\" data-id=\"d7a3e4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef1c971 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef1c971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1922, it created a laboratory in Beauvert, near Grenoble, and then in 1941 a department of general studies of statistics and hydrology, which published the Annuaire hydrologique de la France from 1939 to 1969.<\/p><p>In order to carry out its industrial missions, the SHF added a testing and permanent control department for hydraulic installations in 1927.<\/p><p>On the scientific level, it carried out the first major studies on water hammer, equilibrium chimneys, floods, solid flows and the power limits of large hydraulic machines. In 1922, it created a laboratory in Beauvert, near Grenoble, and then in 1941 a department of general studies of statistics and hydrology, which published the Annuaire hydrologique de la France from 1939 to 1969.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2140d57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2140d57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ea0010\" data-id=\"6ea0010\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eaffc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4eaffc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1946: The turning point<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a43f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a43f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The nationalization of electrical energy in 1946 had a significant impact on the destiny of the SHF. The industrial services, such as the testing and control department and the laboratories, were transferred to \u00c9lectricit\u00e9 de France. Refocusing on its missions as a learned society, the SHF became a leader in technical and scientific studies.<\/p><p>Over the years, the SHF has multiplied and diversified its activities around the exchange of information between the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee (CST) and the dissemination of knowledge during seminars and conferences which will become more and more important.<\/p><p>Today, with 600 members (men and women from laboratories, builders, entrepreneurs, civil servants, engineers), the CST has organized itself into divisions, reflecting its adaptability to the evolution of techniques and sciences and the emergence of new sectors such as microfluidics, marine energies, the prospects for water resources and the sharing of its uses, and new and renewable energies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a3f776\" data-id=\"1a3f776\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973f3e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"973f3e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turbine-.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"turbine-\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTcwLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LnNoZi1oeWRyby5vcmdcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzA0XC90dXJiaW5lLS5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turbine-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-570\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turbine-.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turbine--300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shf-hydro.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turbine--200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f2dd0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f2dd0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5222ae9\" data-id=\"5222ae9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fadd8a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fadd8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Learn more with <a href=\"\/en\/publications\/the-history-of-shf\/\">our articles on the history of the SHF<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the creation &#8230; In 1902, the first White Coal Congress brought together in Grenoble all the personalities concerned with the creation and operation of hydroelectric facilities: company directors, engineers, civil servants, academics, etc. This congress set up a Turbine Commission bringing together scientists, operators and manufacturers to study the various problems relating to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4836,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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