Modernizing Hydropower: Rehabilitation, Modernization, and Performance Improvement

Join our ESMAP webinar series to explore how hydropower modernization can extend asset life, reduce costs, and strengthen power system resilience across diverse contexts. Drawing on real-world examples from global modernization projects, the session examines the technical, financial, and operational choices that determine whether aging hydropower assets become liabilities or long-term contributors to clean, flexible energy systems — from equipment upgrades through digitalization. Participants will gain practical insights into four interconnected areas: optimizing existing infrastructure through turbine, generator, and control upgrades that increase capacity and generation; and leveraging digitalization and battery hybridization to deliver greater flexibility, reliability, and system-wide value.