Hydropower and Renewable Energies - Powering a Sustainable Future with Storage and Renewables

This open access book explores the complementarity of hydropower with new energy sources such as solar and wind in the global energy transition. It analyzes the technological advantages, environmental impacts, and economic potential of combining hydropower and new energy sources, while examining the related policies and market mechanisms. Through a multidimensional approach, the book demonstrates the importance of this energy integration in improving energy system efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting sustainable development. Starting with the challenges and strategies of technology integration, the book will explore the role of smart grid management and energy storage technologies in this context, providing quantitative and qualitative assessments of the ecosystem and socio-economic impacts of such energy synergies. Valuable knowledge and practical guidance for energy researchers, policy makers and professionals in the field of sustainable development.

List of contents

Stability Enhancement Strategy for Wind-Solar-Hydropower Coupled Systems Based on a KDE-SRSM Hybrid Modeling Method.- Research on Power Transmission Curve for Wind-Solar-Storage Integration Base Based on Resource-Efficient Operation.- Verification and Analysis of Phase Adjustment Operation Capability of a Certain Pumped Storage Units.- Preliminary Conception of the Capacity Optimization and Allocation Platform for Multi-energy Complementation of Hydro-wind-solar-storage Clean Energy Bases.- Evaluation Research on energy dissipation layout of parallel spillway tunnels in narrow valleys.- Seepage and anti-sliding stability analysis of a clay core rockfill dam based on in-situ data.- Optimal operational strategies for hydro–wind–solar–pumped storage complementary delivery systems under extreme renewable generation scenarios.- Research on Key Technologies for Multi-energy Complementary Hydro-Wind-Solar-Storage Base.- Research on Vibration Reduction Scheduling Strategies for High-Dam Discharge under Low-Frequency and Small-Amplitude Characteristics.- Operational Stability Control Technology for Gravity Blocks in Gravity Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems.- Research on Engineering Treatment Measures for Crossing Active Faults in High-pressure Diversion Tunnels of Hydropower Stations.- Study on the Sediment Erosion Characteristics of the Pump-Turbine in Qinglong Liancheng Pumped Storage Power Station.- Reassessing Meyerhof's Theory for Eccentric Foundations Rwandan Hydropower Case.- Exploration of Key Points in Safety Evaluation of Water Conveyance Tunnels for Pumped Storage Power Stations.- Fabrication and Electrochemical Performance of Cement-Based Structural Supercapacitors.- Research on the Design for the Upgrading and Heightening of the Lower Reservoir Dam at the Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station.- Application of UAV oblique photography in earthwork data collection of the pumped storage power station construction.- Large underground cavern complexes considering construction disturbance and environmental evolution Dynamic inversion of surrounding rock parameters and feasibility analysis of support role.- State of the Art on Air-Entraining Vortices in Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants.- Life-Cycle Carbon Reduction Benefit Analysis of Hydropower Projects —A Case Study of a Hydropower Project in Southwestern China.- The application of inertial-equilibrium filling and emptying system with three-dimensional layered energy dissipation structure in the arrangement of 60m single-stage lock in the lower reaches of Jinsha River.- Response of Oxbow Lake Morphology to Hydrological Connectivity Changes: A Case Study of Shangchewan in Middle Yangtze River.- Theoretical Foundation and Technical Implementation of Dynamic Flow Monitoring for Hydropower Units.- A Method for Determining Ecological Flow Downstream of Hydropower Stations Considering Inter-Annual and Intra-Annual Wet-Dry Co-Occurrences.- Ecological restoration-oriented multi-objective optimal design of clean energy heritage landscapes investigation.- Attribution and Uncertainty Analysis of River Runoff Changes: A case study of the Upstream Yangtze River in China.- Regularization of Flows in SHPPs as a Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change: The Case of SHPP Americana.- Behavioral Analysis of Stocked Fish Using Individual-Based Model.- Multi-objective Optimal Operation of Cascade Reservoirs in the Upper Yellow River Incorporating Ecological Flow Requirements.- Environmental Impacts, Benefits and Future Challenges of Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Projects in the Non-Humid Areas.- Characteristic Identification of Short-term Heavy Rainfall in Plateau Mountainous Areas.- Methodology for Analyzing Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Impacts.- Dynamic Characteristics of Offshore Wind Turbine Cap-Pile Group Structure Based on Experimental Modal Analysis.- Application and Future Trends of Intelligent Construction in Hydropower Engineering: A Case Study of TB Hydropower Station.- Construction and Validation of a Data-Driven Static Surrogate Model for Prestressed Steel-Concrete Joints.- esearch and Reflection on the Safety of High Concrete Face Rockfill Dams.- Intelligent Inversion Method of Temperature Control Design Parameters for the surrounding Concrete of the spiral case in Hydropower Stations.- Comparison of Machine Learning Models in Reservoir Outflow Simulation under Different Hydrological Conditions.- Typical applications of satellite remote sensing technology in the operational safety of hydropower plants.- Research and Practice on the Smart Reservoir Construction of the Nuozhadu Hydropower Station.- Prediction, monitoring, and fault diagnosis of hydropower plants using Digital Twin model and differential evolution algorithm.- Digitization Practices for the Whole Life Cycle of Resettlement in Water Conservancy and Hydropower Projects.- Research on Anomaly Detection Methodology for Deformation Monitoring in High Arch Dam.- Optimization of Fault Diagnosis for the Hydraulic System of the Hydrogenerator Governor in Large-Scale Hydropower Statio.- Benefits and practical experience in automation of auscultation instruments of dams.- The future of dam safety: A proactive approach using data analytics and machine learning tools applied to data from dam monitoring instruments.- Hydro 4.0 – The digital dam safety platform of CPFL Energia Group – Brazil.- A Method for Water Resource Dispatching in Cascade Hydropower Stations, Characterized by AI Computation.- Improving LLM-Assisted Hydropower Operation through Data Query Enhanced Agent.- Riverbasin Information Modeling:Concept, Connotation, and Application Patterns.- A Study on Digital Governance Framework Based on Enterprise Architecture: Taking Clean Energy Enterprise (China Three Gorges Corporation) as an Example.

About the author

Prof. Yaan Hu, is Chief Engineer of Nanjing Institute of Water Resources Science, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Transportation and National Energy Administration. He is also an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is an expert in the field of inland waterway transportation engineering. With a career dedicated to the research of navigational hydraulics and hydroengineering, Prof. Hu Yaan has led and completed over 100 significant projects. These include national key research and development programs, initiatives funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and various large-scale scientific and technological projects in water conservancy, hydropower, and water transportation engineering. His work is internationally recognized for its originality and significant impact. Prof. Hu Yaan's contributions have been crucial in addressing complex hydraulic technical challenges in major hydropower stations such as Jinping and Baihetan. His research achievements have earned him three second prizes in national scientific and technological progress, one second prize in national technological invention, and numerous first and special prizes at provincial and ministerial levels. He holds 56 invention patents and has been instrumental in authoring 16 industry standards. His accolades include the First National Innovation Prize, the 13th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize, and the Third Outstanding Engineer Prize. Additionally, he is a recipient of the State Council Government Special Allowance, highlighting his remarkable contributions to engineering and his influential role in advancing the field of inland water transport engineering in China and internationally.
 
Mr. Marc Sas is a senior international expert with over 45 years of experience in coastal, port and marine engineering. He is an experienced project manager having managed and advised numerous port and marine projects around the world related to his field of expertise. Throughout the years Marc also gained significant experience in dredging and ship navigation studies. He graduated as a civil engineer at the university of Leuven in 1979.  During his stay at the Hydraulics Laboratory of the university of Leuven he studied hydropower plants in Bolivia (reservoir sedimentation and waterhammer).
He joined IMDC in 1985 and was involved in dredging, marine and sedimentation studies for more than 35 years.  As a specialist in hydrodynamic and cohesive sediment transport modelling he conducted a number of studies for the development of the port of Antwerp.  He was in charge of numerous field measurement campaigns in Belgium and abroad to collect metocean data for dredging and marine studies. He has built up a wide experience in environmental aspects of dredging, especially turbidity around dredging activities.  He was in charge of many projects, dealing with the design of marine infrastructure : breakwaters, coastal defences, intakes, outfalls, landfalls of offshore pipelines and offshore windfarms.  
Prof. Feng Jin, a Yangtze River Scholars Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Tsinghua University, specializes in dam engineering and concrete technology. Since 2000, he has focused on Rock-Filled Concrete (RFC) technology, which has been applied in over 200 projects, including 150 RFC dams in China. He has published over 300 technical papers, including 100 in English journals. He led the development of Chinese standards for RFC and coordinated an ICOLD bulletin on RFC dams. His contributions have earned him multiple national awards, including three Second Class Prizes of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award.
Mr. Sheng’an Zheng was elected as Executive Vice President and Secretary General of China Society for Hydropower Engineering (CSHE) by the end of 2022. Prior to joining CSHE, he has been serving as President of POWERCHINA Chengdu Engineering Cooperation Ltd, Assistant General Manager of POWERCHINA and President of China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute (CREEI) from 2001-2021. He is a well-known hydropower expert in China and enjoys special government allowance from the State Council. He has been long-term engaged in hydropower engineering design, scientific research and management and gained many experience and achievements. He directed and participated design and technical breakthrough for many large hydropower stations, such as Xiluodu Hydropower Station in Jinsha River, Pubugou Hydropower Station in Dadu River and Jinping I Hydropower Station. He directed planning and research on the 14th Five-Year Plan (FYP) on Renewable Energy Development (2021–2025).
 
Dr. Gensheng Zhao is Professor and Senior Engineer from Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute (China) and Researcher of Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands). He completed his PhD project in Hydraulic Engineering and obtained PhD degree in Delft University of Technology in 2014. Since 2019, Dr. Zhao has been working as the managing director of the Joint Research Center of Water Science and Engineering (State Level) to coordinate/ explore the international projects and collaborations in the field of water science and engineering in the world.

Summary

This open access book explores the complementarity of hydropower with new energy sources such as solar and wind in the global energy transition. It analyzes the technological advantages, environmental impacts, and economic potential of combining hydropower and new energy sources, while examining the related policies and market mechanisms. Through a multidimensional approach, the book demonstrates the importance of this energy integration in improving energy system efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, and promoting sustainable development. Starting with the challenges and strategies of technology integration, the book will explore the role of smart grid management and energy storage technologies in this context, providing quantitative and qualitative assessments of the ecosystem and socio-economic impacts of such energy synergies. Valuable knowledge and practical guidance for energy researchers, policy makers and professionals in the field of sustainable development.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yaan Hu (Editor), Feng Jin (Editor), Feng Jin et al (Editor), Marc Sas (Editor), Gensheng Zhao (Editor), Sheng’an Zheng (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer EN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 22.02.2026
• EAN: 9789819548880
• ISBN: 978-981-9548-88-0
• Illustrations: Approx. 400 p. 120 illus., 100 illus. in color., farbige Illustrationen, schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Klimawandel, Umwelt, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre, Hydropower, Water, Open Access, Ecology, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, energy storage, Environmental Sciences, Climate Change Ecology, Smart Grids, environmental impacts, Policy Framework, Technology integration, new energy, Economic Benefits, Energy Complementarity