The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and the National Laboratories will be at HydroVision International in Portland, Oregon, July 23—25, 2019. Join 3,000+ hydropower professionals for a week dedicated to discussing issues affecting hydropower resources and ensuring the future sustainability of hydropower.

WPTO, its funding awardees, and National Laboratories will once again participate as speakers and panelists—sessions are outlined below. Also, be sure to stop by DOE booth 3051 for additional resources, demonstrations, and a WPTO and National Laboratories staff meet-–and-–greet during the DAM Good Networking Reception on Wednesday, July 24.

We hope to see you there!

Wind and Water Working Together: AWEA—NHA Summit

8:00 AM—5:00 PM

Water Power Technologies Office: Sam Bockenhauer
Wind Energy Technologies Office: Rich Tusing
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Rebecca O’Neil

 

Waterpower Hydro Basics: Electrical System Basics

11:25AM—12:25PM

GE Renewable Energy:Edson Alves

 

Waterpower Hydro Basics: Natural Resource Stewardship: Instream Flows and Fish Passage

4:05PM—4:50PM

Alden Research Laboratory, Inc: Stephen Amaral

DOE investments in Pumped—Storage Hydropower: Theory to Practice

8:00 AM—12:00 PM

WPTO and National Laboratory staff

 

Demonstration: HydroSource
DOE Booth 3051

4:30PM—5PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Shelaine Curd

 

Session 1L (Knowledge Hub): Energy Storage and Grid Issues: Glimpse the Grid of the Future

4:30PM—5:30PM

Argonne National Laboratory, Vladimir Koritarov
Idaho National Laboratory, Thomas Mosier, Anudeep Medam, Mayank Panwar, Rahul Kadavil
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Vahan Gevorgian

 

Session 1M (Knowledge Hub): PRIMRE—Bringing Together Marine Energy Data around Knowledge Hubs

4:30PM—5:30PM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Andrea Copping

Marine Energy Symposium Keynote
Room: A107

8:00 AM—8:15 AM

Water Power Technologies Office: Alejandro Moreno

 

Session 1N: Success Stories and Lessons Learned

8:15 AM—9:15 AM

Vigor Works, LLC: Thomas Hickman

 

Session 1B2: Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator Design Verification for Renewable Energy Conversion

8:30 AM—10:00 AM

Obermeyer Hydro, Inc.: Henry Obermeyer

 

Session 1B4: Submersible Pump—Turbine Configuration to Reduce the Civil Costs of Pumped Storage Hydropower

8:30 AM—10:00 AM

Obermeyer Hydro, Inc.: Henry Obermeyer

 

Session 1C: Transforming Your Asset Plans to Meet Market Challenges

8:30 AM—10:00 AM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Abhishek Somani

 

Session 1D: Hydropower Markets—Present and Future

8:30 AM—10:00 AM

Water Power Technologies Office: Alejandro Moreno

 

Demonstration: Fish Tags
DOE Booth 3051

10:00 AM—10:30 AM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Daniel Deng

 

Session 2L (Knowledge Hub): Evaluating and Strengthening Hydro’s Role in Flexibility and Storage; Real-World Case Studies and Future Directions

10:30 AM—11:30 AM

Water Power Technologies Office: Samuel Bockenhauer
Idaho National Laboratory: Thomas Mosier

 

Session PG—W15: Unit Commitment Optimization of Hydropower Plant Allocated with Modular Pump Storage (GLIDES)

10:30 AM—12:00 PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Brennan Smith, Yang Chen, Ayyoub Momen

 

Demonstration: RAPID Toolkit
DOE Booth 3051

11:00 AM—11:30 AM

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Aaron Levine

 

Session 2C: Techno—Economic Advancement to Address Energy Storage Market Trends

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

GE Renewable Energy: Megan Nesbitt

 

Session 2C3: Recently Constructed Pump Storage Plants, Some Containing the Most Advanced Technology Ever Built, Are Transforming the Evolution of the Global Energy Landscape. What Can North America Learn?

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

GE Renewable Energy: Debbie Mursch, Maryse Francois-Xausa, Roland Praus

 

Session 2D: Check Out These Pipes: Recent Developments in Conduit and Canal Hydro

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Telluride Energy, LLC: Kurt Johnson
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Shih-Chieh Kao

 

Session 2F: Policy Drivers for Hydropower Value

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Rebecca O’Neil

 

Session 2G3: Balancing Turbine Design Criteria and Fish Passage for Project Evaluation Optimization

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Marshall Richmond

 

Session 2L1: Machine Learning for Environmental Optimization: A Neural Network Approach to Predict Hydropower Reservoir Dissolved Oxygen Profiles

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Rebecca Brink

 

Demonstration: HydroSource
DOE Booth 3051

1:30 PM—2:00 PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Shelaine Curd

 

Demonstration: Fish Tags
DOE Booth 3051

2:00 PM—2:30 PM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Daniel Deng

 

Session 3B: Innovative Tools and Technology

2:30 PM—4:00 PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Boualem Hadjerioua

 

Session 3B1: Reduced Cost and Outage Duration Solutions for Core and Winding Repair of Large Synchronous Machines, After A Fault with Significant Damage

2:00 PM—4:30 PM

GE Renewable Energy: Edson Alves

 

Session 3B5: PEEK Coated Bearings Improve Reliability and Efficiency of Hydro Generating Units

2:30 PM—4:00 PM

GE Renewable Energy: Olivier Berchtold, Thomas Kunz, Piotr Neubauer

 

Session 3D: Retrofit, Remove, Build, Restore Approaches for Adding New Megawatts to the Grid

2:30 PM—4:00 PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Brennan Smith

 

Session 3K3: Experiences from Field Testing for Black Start of a Run-of–the-river Hydropower Plant in Idaho Falls Power Distribution Grid

12:00 PM—1:00 PM

Idaho National Laboratory: Mayank Panwar
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Rob Hovsapian

 

Meet and Greet during the DAM Good Networking Reception
DOE Booth 3051

4:00 PM—5:30 PM

Water Power Technologies Office and National Laboratory staff

Demonstration: Fish Tags
DOE Booth 3051

10:00 AM—10:30 AM

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Daniel Deng

 

Demonstration: RAPID Toolkit
DOE Booth 3051

11:00 AM—11:30 AM

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Aaron Levine

 

Session 5L: Energy Storage and Grid Issues: The Vital Need for Grid Stability

11:00 AM—12:00 PM

Kearns & West: Anna West

 

Session 4B2: CFD Modeling and Verification of A Submersible Pump-–turbine Runner

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Obermeyer Hydro, Inc.: Henry Obermeyer, Claudiu Iavornic
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Michael Sprague, Nikhar Abbas

 

Session 4B3: Stationary Cascade Testing of Low Head Free Jet Impulse Turbine Blades

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Natel Energy, Inc.: Abe Schneider, Ian Gagnon

 

Session 4C: Value and Investment Strategies for Hydropower

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Water Power Technologies Office: Rajesh Dham

 

Session 4C2: Toward Faster Commissioning of Pumped Storage Hydropower in the United States

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Argonne National Laboratory: Vladimir Koritarov
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Boualem Hadjerioua, Brennan Smith, Shelaine Curd, William Tingen, Kevin Stewart, Scott DeNeale
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Elise DeGeorge, Greg Stark, Tessa Greco
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Bo Saulsbury

 

Session 4F1: Net Revenue and Downstream Flow Impact Trade—Offs for a Network of Small—Scale Hydropower Facilities in California

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Natel Energy: Gia Schneider, Abe Schneider, Jin Zhao, Sterling Watson
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Greg Stark, Michael Craig

 

Session 4G1: Using Minimum—Flow Low—Head Impulse Turbines to Increase Dissolved Oxygen Content

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Rebecca Brink

 

Session 4H: The Future of Energy Storage—How Does it Look?

11:00 AM—12:30 PM

GE Renewable Energy: David Harvard
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: TJ Heibel

 

Session 5B4: High Efficiency Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines for Adjustable Speed Pumped Storage Hydro

3:00 PM—4:30 PM

Obermeyer Hydro, Inc.: Henry Obermeyer

 

Session 5H: Pumped Storage for Grid Integration

3:00 PM—4:30 PM

GE Renewable Energy: Bruno Kaelin

 

5H3: Grid Integration and Market Analysis of Adjustable Speed Pumped Hydro Power

3:00 PM—4:30 PM

Obermeyer Hydro, Inc.: Henry Obermeyer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Erol Chartan, Michael Craig, Robi Robichaud

 

Session 5H5: Modeling of Integrated Run-of-River Hydropower Plants and Energy Storage Systems

3:00 PM—4:30 PM

Argonne National Laboratory: Vladimir Koritarov, Thomas Veselka, Matthew Mahalik, Mark Christian
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Vahan Gevorgian

 

Session 5G: Fish “Lyft”: Aquatic Ride Sharing

3:00 PM—4:30 PM

Electric Power Research Institute: Paul Jacobson