RenewHydro Webinars

RenewHydro Webinars

Welcome to the RenewHydro webinar series where we present research plans, results and other relevant topics for the hydropower research community. The webinars are live every second Thursday at 11.30 in 2026. They will also be available on our YouTube channel.

 

16.01.2026: Societal Legitimacy in Hydropower, Kristin Linnerud, NMBU

29.01.2026: ReHydro project and RenewHydro, Atle Harby, SINTEF Energi

12.02.2026: Sustainable flexibility metrics (SusFlexMet), Siri Mathisen, SINTEF Energi

12.03.2026: Turbine Special

  • Introduction to interesting turbine research, Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug, NTNU
  • Submergence of Reversible Pump Turbines, Amul Ghimire, NTNU
  • Remaining lifetime of a turbine runner for flexible operation, Francesco Albicini, NTNU

24.03.2026: Dam and tunnell Special

26.03.2026: Generator Special

  • Generator insulation and variable operation, Emre Kantar & Espen Eberg, SINTEF Energi
  • Fault detection, Arne Nysveen, Hossein Ehya, NTNU
  • Investigation of losses in converter-fed synchronous machines for pumped-storage applications, Eljesan Ibrahimi, NTNU

07.04.2026: Societal legitimacy Special

09.04.2026: Markets and economy Special

14.04.2026: Environment Special

  • Effekter av hydropeaking og varmere klima på laksefisk (eksperimentelt), Olivia Simmons/Grethe Robertsen/Line Sundt-Hansen, NINA
  • Impacts of hydropower-induced water level fluctuations (WLF) in lakes, Davide Crupi, NTNU/NINA
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Contact

Contact

If you would like an invitation to the live webinars, or would like to contribute with a presentation, please contact coordinator Berit Hagen:

berit.g.hagen@ntnu.no.