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

09.04.2026: Markets and economy Special

• An open-source modeling framework for long-term hydropower scheduling, Arild Helseth, NTNU
• The Impact of Hydraulic Time Delay in Hydropower on Bidding Curves in the Nordic Day-ahead Market, Kamma Ask Tyse, SINTEF Energi
• Flow-based market coupling – Between nodal and zonal pricing, Mette Helene Bjørndal, NHH

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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23.04.2026: Hydropower Research at EPFL, Elena Vagnoni, EPFL

07.05.2026: Effect on waterway tunnels due to frequent operational changes in hydropower plants, Krishna Panthi, NTNU

21.05.2026: Electricity Balancing – Reserve and capacity markets’ technical requirements, Pål-Tore Storli, Norconsult

04.06.2026: Research communication - specially for researchers, Juliet Landrø, NINA

18.06.2026: Sediment Special