Frequent temperature changes due to flexible hydropower production can weaken the insulation in the stator coils in the generator. Analyzes from HydroCen can help power producers plan more favorable production patterns that result in less wear and tear.

New knowledge about how sand and debris in the water wear down the turbine, can forward the development of turbines that are better equipped to operate in areas with a lot of sediments in the water. HydroCen researcher Nirmal Acharya has worked on a simplified model which extends the general erosion model predicted by previous studies.

The use of fictive storage can help to better document lost flexibility in the hydropower system when changing or introducing new environmental measures.