On 14 May 2025, from 13:30 to 15:00 CET, the latest session in the webinar series “Boosting Hydropower” will present three EU funded hydropower projects: HYDRO4U, ALPHEUS and HYPOS. Organised by the ETIP HYDROPOWER project, this session will present the outputs of three EU research projects on hydropower.

Featured Projects and Presenters:

• HYDRO4U: Daniel Hayes (BOKU University) and Bertalan Alapfy (Technical University of Munich) will introduce HYDRO4U, which aims to aimed at advancing sustainable small-scale hydropower in Central Asia.
• ALPHEUS: Miroslav Marence from IHE Delft will introduce ALPHEUS, an initiative intended to improve reversible pump/turbine (RPT) technology and civil structures to make pumped hydro storage viable in shallow seas and flat coastal areas. 
• HYPOS: Karin Schenk from from EOMAP will present the HYPOS project, which focuses on support hydropower industries with an easy and cost-efficient access to data and assessment tools, which are required to improve their planning and monitoring tasks, but are not available otherwise.

The webinar will also feature contributions from Anton Schleiss from the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), who will be presenting ETIP HYDROPOWER and Emanuele Quaranta (European Commission Joint Research Center), who will delve into the recent policy programmes of interest to the hydropower sector, including the Water Resilience Strategy focusing on environmental aspects and the Net Zero Industry Act concerning manufacturing. 

This webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about the latest research developments in hydropower across Europe.

How to Join: 

• Interested participants can register for the webinar HERE.
• You can find the agenda HERE (to be provided soon)

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