Energy Flexibility-Environmental Outcomes Tradeoffs Workshop Report and Research Roadmap

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1993080· OSTI ID:1993080

Pracheil, Brenda M. ^[1]; Chalishazar, Vishvas H. ^[1]; Schäffer, Linn Emelie ^[2]; Harby, Atle ^[3]; Hedger, Richard ^[4]; Schönfelder, Lennart H. ^[2]; Halleraker, Jo H. ^[5]; Sundt-Hansen, Line ^[4]; Carolli, Mauro ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
3. SINTEF Energy Research, Trondheim (Norway)
4. Norwegian Institute of Nature (NINA), Trondheim (Norway)
5. Norwegian Environment Agency, Oslo (Norway)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Norway’s Royal Ministry of Petroleum and Energy signed an Annex to a previously signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) in February 2020 to collaborate on hydropower research and development (R&D). This MOU Annex has brought together the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Water Power Technology Office and the Norwegian Research Center for Hydropower Technology (HydroCen) to plan and coordinate hydropower R&D activities to increase our understanding of hydropower’s role in the future energy grid and how to minimize and mitigate the subsequent environmental impacts. As part of this MOU Annex, hydropower researchers from the U.S. and Norway have come together to conduct collaborative research on hydropower markets and value, hydropower plant capabilities and constraints, monitoring and control technologies, environmental design solutions, environmental impacts and tradeoffs, flexible operation and planning, and technology innovations. This report presents background information on hydropower environmental regulation in the U.S. and Norway and summarizes content and conclusions from this series of two, three-hour workshops on hydropower generation flexibility and environmental outcomes, that included structured discussions used to identify research priorities and collaborative research opportunities.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1993080
• Report Number(s): PNNL--34499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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