WEBINAR: Hydropower Plant and Battery coupling advantages and challenges

ETIP Hydropower hosted a webinar titled “𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀” on December 12, 2024, from 15:00 to 16:30 CET. This session addressed the integration of battery technologies with hydropower plants, examining their impact on energy efficiency, operational flexibility, and sustainability.
The webinar featured:
𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶, 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁é 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗘𝗗𝗙), Hydro Engineering Center. He manages all electrical aspects of hydro projects both at design stage and maintenance. He develops innovation project such as variable speed, hybrid solution, flexibility improvement. He has been working at Electricité de France since 1987, in Hydro and Nuclear Division.
𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗷𝗼, 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮 𝗛ú𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁é𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘆𝗮 (𝗨𝗣𝗖) In 2021, he was a Visiting Professor with the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich. In 2022, he co-founded eRoots, which is a spin-off company of CITCEA-UPC, focused on the analysis of modern power systems. His research interests include renewable generation systems, control of power converters for HVdc applications, interaction analysis between converters and power electronics-dominated power systems.
𝗝𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗵.𝗗. 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝗮í𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗼 (𝗨𝗣𝗩-𝗘𝗛𝗨) and is Technology Transfer Director at CIC energiGUNE and CEO of Battery Care. He co-chairs WG6 on Stationary Applications at Batteries Europe and previously chaired WG2 on Energy Storage at ETIP SNET.