Overview
Di-Hydro is committed to advancing hydropower plants in alignment with the European Green Deal and Paris Agreement. The project aims to develop innovative sensors, data technologies, and digital solutions to digitise maintenance and operation of hydropower plants for sustainability.
In the news
- If you want to understand the #RenewableEnergy and #Hydropower better, try the 𝘿𝙞-𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨! In our Podcast, the hosts from Deep Blue sit down with the experts behind Di-Hydro for inspiring insights on the Di-Hydro research, exploring how we can give hydropower plants a much needed #DigitalUpgrade to face #Climate and #EnergyGrid challenges. 🔹 Ep. 0: A quick, fascinating journey through the #History of water power with Deep Blue. 🔹 Ep. 1: Unpacking the vision of a "digital nervous system" with our
- In older, non-digitised #Hydropower plants, waiting for a mechanical fault to become obvious means costly, unscheduled downtime. But upgrading to #PredictiveMaintenance doesn't require replacing the entire infrastructure.💡⚡️ In the 𝐃𝐢-𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, we showcase our direct experience in deploying Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) in hydropower plants.📖🔍 The DH Handbook breaks down how our pilot sites installed low-cost different sensors and AI-driven models onto equipment and
- Di-Hydro is featured in the latest issue of 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲!👏 In the article, our Project Coordinator Alkiviadis Tromaras from Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) and Nicola Crippa from MAS Consulting discuss the real-world challenges of modernising Europe's #Hydropower plant fleet.🗣️💡 The article dives into how the Di-Hydro Team tackled these hurdles by moving beyond theory and putting practical #Digital tools into the hands of plant operators. From the #DigitalTwin concept and #AI-based forecasts, to
- If you haven't tuned in yet, now is the perfect time to catch up on the 𝘿𝙞-𝙃𝙮𝙙𝙧𝙤 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩: 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 🎙️🌊 In the Podcast, we take a deep dive into how Di-Hydro is bringing one of the world's oldest #RenewableEnergy sources that is #Hydropower into the #DigitalAge. Our Di-Hydro experts will share insights from the project and explain how #DigitalTechnology can support and enhance hydropower production, making this source more #reliable, #resilient and
- How do you bring a non-digitalised #Hydropower plant into the #DigitalAge?🤔 The Di-Hydro Team tested smart sensors, #DigitalTwin concepts, and inflow #Forecasting models across #EU pilot sites. Now, we have gathered useful insight, met new challenges, and we tell you all about it in our 𝑫𝒊-𝑯𝒚𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌.💡 Inside, we explore how the #Technology works in the field, as well as how we dealt with infrastructure #Monitoring, #Cybersecurity, testing at the #UseCase sites, and much, much more.🔎 We
- How will #Hydropower look like in the #Digital age?🤔 Through the Di-Hydro Podcast Series, we explore how #DigitalTechnologies are improving one of the world’s most reliable sources of #RenewableEnergy.🌊⚡️ Across the episodes, you'll embark on a journey: from the historical roots of hydropower to the #Digital tools shaping its future including sensors, #ArtificialIntelligence, and #DigitalTwins that can support operators in monitoring infrastructure and planning #Maintenance more effectively.💧📊🤖 Featuring voices from
- The 𝗗𝗶-𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 is available on our website.🔎📖 The Handbook is a practical, actionable compendium built for #Hydropower plant operators, #Technology suppliers, and policymakers to improve this key #Renewable energy sector and enhance it with #Digital technology. 💡🌊⚡️ Inside the handbook, we provide insights tapping from the Di-Hydro research about: 🔹 Smart Sensors for structural health and environmental monitoring 🔹 #ArtificialIntelligence for Predictive Maintenance and flow
- What did we discover about #Digitalisation in #Hydropower during 3 years of #Research in Di-Hydro?💬🌊⚡️ In Episode 3 of the 𝗗𝗶-𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, we step out of the lab and into the reservoir to discuss the #LessonsLearned from deploying #Digital solutions in older hydropower plants. 👷♀️💡 The transition from #Innovation to implementation isn't always a straight line. As we discuss in this episode, challenges with #Data sourcing and management, Human-AI balance, and #Safety- and
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