Advances in Hydropower and Pumped Storage: Technologies and Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D: Energy Storage and Application".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water conservancy machinery and its systems; pumped storage power station and new energy
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Interests: hydropower station and pump station engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The total hydropower installed capacity had reached 1443 GW (IHA data) in 2024, including 189 GW of pumped storage installed capacity. As the largest high-quality renewable energy source, hydropower has long been the undisputed leader of renewable electricity generation, providing a stable and dispatchable source in the power system. However, the rapid ascent of variable renewables like wind and solar introduces unprecedented challenges in grid flexibility, reliability, and resilience. In this new context, the value of hydropower is being redefined. It is no longer just a source of baseload power; its true potential lies in its unparalleled flexibility and storage capabilities, particularly through pumped storage hydropower. “Advances in Hydropower and Pumped Storage: Technologies and Applications” is dedicated to exploring the remarkable technologies, methods, or cases of this foundational power source.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hydraulic turbine or pump turbine (design, optimization, operation, etc.).
- Safety and long-term operation of hydropower system.
- Digitalization and intelligent management of hydropower.
- Power grid services and flexibility enhancement (advanced scheduling and control strategies, etc.).
- Advanced research methods in hydropower (digital twin and intelligent simulation, artificial intelligence and big data analysis, multi-field coupled system health monitoring, intelligent operation, etc.).
Dr. Xiuli Mao
Dr. Yuchuan Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hybrid energy system
- hydropower
- pumped storage technique
- hydraulic machinery
- intelligent management and operation
- multi-fields coupling and collaboration of system
- condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of unit
- flexibility adjustment and efficient operation strategy
- advanced research methods and application
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