The Integrated Water Power Resilience Project, a collaborative effort between two national laboratories, led to the development of tools and resources that will help researchers create more resilient water power systems.
Water Power Technologies Office
March 9, 2022
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Innovations for Low-Impact Hydropower Growth
Project Name: Integrated Water Power Resilience Project
Project Team: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (lead) and Idaho National Laboratory
Lead Recipient Location: Richland, Washington
As part of an effort aimed at improving grid and water system resilience, a project team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory hosted a workshop to collect industry feedback to guide further research into resilience. After collecting feedback, researchers developed Sankey diagrams depicting the interconnections of water and power generation, as well as a report on how electric utilities are currently planning for water variability and climate change.
The goal of this exploratory project is to better understand and support the interdependencies between water and power systems to improve overall resilience of each. Overall, this project has the potential to provide knowledge and measurements that will make water and power systems more resilient to both natural and man-made disasters.
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