Innovation developed to adapt hydroelectric power stations to the grids of the future

How can hydroelectric power stations be adapted to the requirements of the power grids of the future which will incorporate a large share of intermittent renewable energy sources? The Laboratoire des écoulements géophysiques et industriels or LEGI (a geophysical and industrial flows laboratory) at the Grenoble INP engineering school has developed a turbulence simulation code (YALES2HYDRO) which will be used by General Electric to design next-generation hydroelectric turbines as part of an industrial chair called “New developments in hydroelectric turbines based on the use of a new simulation tool” (NETHUNS).

15/02/2023