Welcome to WaRP, NHA’s Waterpower Research Portal.

WaRP is a living database of research within the hydropower, pumped storage and marine energy sectors, conducted by industry, government, NGO and educational entities. You can either use the general search feature, below, or you can refine your search by using the drop-down headings below – Technology Applications, Research Categories, and Research Sub-Categories.
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  • Pumped Storage

    A Comparison of the Environmental Effects of Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower

    Lead Companies

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Bo Saulsbury

    Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is a type of energy storage that uses the pumping and release of water between two reservoirs at different elevations to store water and generate electricity. When demand for electricity is low, a PSH project can use low cost energy to pump water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir for storage. When demand for […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Pumped Storage

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Status

    complete

    Completion Date

    2020

  • Marine Energy

    A Deep-Water MHK Shakedown Tank

    Lead Companies

    Sandia National Laboratories

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Budi Gunawan

    This project will design, execute modifications and upgrades the existing infrastructures at Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) to accommodate 1) shakedown testing of marine energy (ME) systems (task 1), and 2) structural testing of belt and rope components used in ME systems (task 2). Once complete, the shakedown testing facility will function as a crucial shakedown test site for developers at […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Marine Energy

    Research Category

    Technology

    Research Sub-Category

    Hydrokinetic

    Status

    ongoing

    Completion Date

  • Conventional Hydro

    A Methodology for Rockwad Velocity and Predator Habitat

    Lead Companies

    Bureau of Reclamation

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Jenna Paul

    A continuous sequence of velocity and predator refugia is imperative to the survival of out-migrating juvenile salmonids on the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Gaps in habitat along the river corridor increase the risk of predation, fatigue, stress, and reduced growth rates, and therefore, necessitate mitigation actions. However, traditional habitat enhancement methods, such as side-channel restoration, are not applicable on […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Conventional Hydro

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Fish and Aquatic Resources

    Status

    ongoing

    Completion Date

    2022

  • Conventional Hydro

    A Methodology to Assess the Value of Integrated Hydropower and Wind Generation

    Lead Companies

    The University of Colorado – Boulder

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Mitch Clement

    Installed wind generation capacity has increased at a rapid rate in recent years. Wind generation provides numerous economic, social and environmental benefits, but it also carries inherent variability and uncertainty, which can increase the need for additional balancing reserves, generation resources that can adjust their output rapidly to keep power supply in balance with demand. Hydropower is an inexpensive and […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Conventional Hydro

    Research Category

    Interconnect Integration and Markets

    Research Sub-Category

    Renewable Integration

    Status

    complete

    Completion Date

    2012

  • Marine Energy

    A Miniaturized Long-Life Low Frequency Acoustic Transmitter for Fish Tracking in Marine Enviroments

    Lead Companies

    PNNL

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Huidong Li

    The JSATS low-frequency acoustic transmitter will provide government agencies, researchers and marine energy operators a more capable tool to gain insights into marine animals’ behavior related to marine and hydrokinetic energy operations, contributing to producing environmentally sustainable, cost-effective marine energy and ensuring U.S. energy security. The development of this technology directly supports WPTO’s efforts to accelerate MHK project deployments and […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Marine Energy

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Fish and Aquatic Resources

    Status

    ongoing

    Completion Date

  • Marine Energy

    A Modeling Approach to Support MRE and Coastal Resilience

    Lead Companies

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Taiping Wang

    Technologoy Applications

    Marine Energy

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Shoreline and Riparian Resources

    Status

    ongoing

    Completion Date

  • Conventional Hydro

    A Real-Time and Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring System

    Lead Companies

    PNNL

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Daniel Deng

    PNNL is developing an enhanced real-time and autonomous water quality monitoring system to advance water quality measurement technologies for challenging locations, resulting in more informed management decisions regarding new and existing hydroelectric facilities that minimize or avoid environmental impacts and maximize operational efficiency.

    Technologoy Applications

    Conventional Hydro

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Water Resources

    Status

    ongoing

    Completion Date

  • Conventional Hydro

    A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Approach to Balancing Wind Intermittency with Hydropower

    Lead Companies

    Cornell University

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Sue Nee Tan

    Hydropower is a fast responding energy source and thus a perfect complement to the intermittency of wind power. However, the eect wind energy has on conventional hydropower systems can be felt, especially if the system is subject to several other environmental and maintenance constraints. The goal of this paper is to develop a general method for optimizing hydropower operations of […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Conventional Hydro

    Research Category

    Interconnect Integration and Markets

    Research Sub-Category

    Renewable Integration

    Status

    complete

    Completion Date

    2013

  • Conventional Hydro

    A Stratigraphic Approach to Characterize the Deposition and Storage of Organic Matter in Reservoir Sediments

    Lead Companies

    Oregon State University

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Laurel Stratton

    The relationship between carbon burial and sedimentation in reservoirs is unknown, exposing gaps in our fundamental understanding of the transport, processing, and deposition of sediment and organic matter in fluvial and lacustrine systems and contributing to uncertainty in our understanding of the net impact of dams to the global carbon budget. The 2011-2014 removal of two large dams on the […]

    Technologoy Applications

    Conventional Hydro

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Sediment Transport

    Status

    complete

    Completion Date

    2018

  • Marine Energy

    A Tidal-Powered, Real Time Passive Acoustic Sentinel System for Marine Mammal Alerts to Navigation in the Puget Sound Area

    Lead Companies

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    Lead Researcher(s)

    Alicia Amerson

    Technologoy Applications

    Marine Energy

    Research Category

    Environmental and Sustainability

    Research Sub-Category

    Environmental Impact

    Status

    ongoing

    Completion Date

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