This project is to support the Operating Agent in IEA Hydro Annex IX in the work planned for 2022-2024. Planned and proposed activities within the Annex is listed below. The Operating Agent will coordinate these activities:
• Annex IX online meetings normally four times per year
• Participate in IEA Hydro ExCo meetings, normally two times per year
• Disseminate White Paper and Report "Valuing Flexibility in Evolving Energy Markets: Current Status and Future Outlook for Hydropower"
• Participate in Hydro 2022, Hydro 2023 and Hydro 2024 conferences, where there are also both TCP and Annex meetings
• Finalise and publish factsheets (se deliverables plan)
• Disseminate report "Role and Challenges of Pumped Storage Hydropower Under Mass Integration of Variable Renewable Energy"
• Edit and publish a report "Hydropower providing flood control and drought management: Case studies (common task with Annex XII)"
• Write a White Paper as a summary of the report "Hydropower providing flood control and drought management: Case studies" together with Annex XII.
• Write White Papers and Reports according to deliverables plan
• Organise workshops, webinars and seminars
• Discuss common work and publications with other TCP (Wind, Solar PV). It is planned to organize back-to-back meetings with TCP Wind. The Operating Agents of TCP Wind Task 25 and TCP Hydro Annex IX will also participate in each others' meetings.
• Discuss further collaboration with IEA
• Discuss further collaboration with IRENA, IHA, the World Bank, the EU, Eurelectric
• Update webpages
• Collaboration with IEA Hydro Annex XII
• Inform Norwegian interested partners about IEA Hydro activities.