New Opportunities for Advanced Hydropower R&D
Having revamped its hydropower technology efforts, in 2011 the Water Power Program released its first major solicitation for hydropower R&D in more than a decade. These projects, which are underway and scheduled for completion in 2014, aim to reduce costs of hydropower technologies and demonstrate the dynamic grid benefits of advanced hydropower and pumped storage technologies.
The Oroville Complex in California serves as one demonstration site for the Water-Use Optimization Toolset.
Credit: California Department of Water Resources