Large hydro power improvement dimensions

• Increasing efficiency

• Hydro power reservoir management

• Combining hydro power with solar through floating solar panels

• Mitigating wildlife impacts

• Reducing impact on forests and agricultural lands

• Reducing impacts on river water

• Reducing impacts of hydropower plants and dams on aquatic habitats

• Reducing geological impacts 

• Reducing community & social impacts

• Minimizing local flooding from dam overflow

• Mitigating land use challenges

Small & micro hydro

• Run of river hydro

• Hydrokinetics

• Increasing efficiency of small hydro & run of river power plants

• Low-head hydro power

Ocean based hydro power

• Wave power

• Tidal power

Economics

• Large hydro

• Small hydro

• Micro hydro

• Hydro kinetics

Retrofitting dams and reservoirs for hydro power generation

Efficient hydro power plant turbines

Efficient hydro power plant generators

Effective O&M

• Monitoring, analytics & control

• Forecasting & scheduling of hydro power

• Use of IT & digital solutions for efficiency

Storage

• Pumped hydro storage

Training & capacity buildin

Collaboration

• With research & academia

• With society

• With other renewable energy industries 

  • Solar power

  • Wind power

  • Biomass

Financing of hydro power plants

Challenges

• Societal challenges

• Overcoming long lead times for projects

Geographical trends & policies

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

• Middle East & Africa

• Australia