Periodic Reporting for period 1 - H-HOPE (Hidden Hydro Oscillating Power for Europe)
Période du rapport: 2022-11-01 au 2024-02-29
- Objective 1: Identifying untapped hydropower potential in non-hydropower hydraulic systems and free-flowing water streams, while considering the unique attributes of the EU regions.
- Objective 2: Developing, building, testing, and demonstrating a new sustainable and innovative hydropower concept.
- Objective 3: Contributing to the EU's climate and CO2 emission reduction targets through science dissemination, employing a bottom-up approach via the H-HOPE platform.
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- Objective 4: Facilitating collaboration among industry, political entities, researchers, and stakeholders to champion new hydropower technologies, with a particular focus on renewable prosumers.
- Objective 2: Developing, building, testing, and demonstrating a new sustainable and innovative hydropower concept.
- Objective 3: Contributing to the EU's climate and CO2 emission reduction targets through science dissemination, employing a bottom-up approach via the H-HOPE platform.
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- Objective 4: Facilitating collaboration among industry, political entities, researchers, and stakeholders to champion new hydropower technologies, with a particular focus on renewable prosumers.
OBJ1 progress: H-HOPE is currently developing an energy harvester assessment tool for assessing the potential of the H-HOPE technology in recovering hidden hydropower (WP2). This tool will be tuned on the basis of the report on the case studies delivered in WP3 (D3.1) and will integrate the 1D models, developed in WP4 (D4.1) for a preliminary assessment of on the power output and on the harvester characteristics (size, material, etc.).
OBJ2 progress: The project has developed multi-physic 1D models (D4.1) for each hidden hydropower application considered in the project and reflected in the case studies (D3.1). As planned, the models preliminary size the energy-harvester configuration and provide an estimation of the power output in the operating condition provided as input. The models have allowed to preliminary design and size the harvester devices to build and test in the laboratory (WP5 and WP6).
OBJ3 Progress: The first period has put the basis for the development of the Do-It-Yourself platform. In particular, a simplified procedure for manufacturing and calibrating a flow meter has been developed, tested and delivered on GitHub in order to make it available for science dissemination purposes (WP8). The flow meter will enable - in a guided and easy way - self-made and low-cost measures of the velocity of a flow stream. The acquired information will be used to run the 1D models (D4.1) for a preliminary estimation of the renewable energy production in different potential cases
OBJ4 Progress: Efforts undertaken by the project to develop, test, and demonstrate innovative hydropower technologies, coupled with its emphasis on disseminating results and engaging stakeholders, significantly contribute to the realization of this objective. Moreover, to facilitate the collaboration among stakeholders, a first stakeholder workshop has been organized in Reykjavik in September 2023 focusing on the energy needs of potential harvester users. The output will help driving the H-HOPE technology development taking into account these need. Last, networking activities with two hydropower-related European projects (DIWIEN, XFLEX HYDRO) have been carried out to strengthen the innovation on hydropower and to share experience on hydropower technology development.
OBJ2 progress: The project has developed multi-physic 1D models (D4.1) for each hidden hydropower application considered in the project and reflected in the case studies (D3.1). As planned, the models preliminary size the energy-harvester configuration and provide an estimation of the power output in the operating condition provided as input. The models have allowed to preliminary design and size the harvester devices to build and test in the laboratory (WP5 and WP6).
OBJ3 Progress: The first period has put the basis for the development of the Do-It-Yourself platform. In particular, a simplified procedure for manufacturing and calibrating a flow meter has been developed, tested and delivered on GitHub in order to make it available for science dissemination purposes (WP8). The flow meter will enable - in a guided and easy way - self-made and low-cost measures of the velocity of a flow stream. The acquired information will be used to run the 1D models (D4.1) for a preliminary estimation of the renewable energy production in different potential cases
OBJ4 Progress: Efforts undertaken by the project to develop, test, and demonstrate innovative hydropower technologies, coupled with its emphasis on disseminating results and engaging stakeholders, significantly contribute to the realization of this objective. Moreover, to facilitate the collaboration among stakeholders, a first stakeholder workshop has been organized in Reykjavik in September 2023 focusing on the energy needs of potential harvester users. The output will help driving the H-HOPE technology development taking into account these need. Last, networking activities with two hydropower-related European projects (DIWIEN, XFLEX HYDRO) have been carried out to strengthen the innovation on hydropower and to share experience on hydropower technology development.