HydroVision Insights: Co-located events to enhance your experience

Make your HydroVision International experience last an entire week!

This week, we're highlighting all the co-located events and activities HydroVision offers to extend your learning and also extend your week in Portland. From In-the-Field Tech Tours and industry workshops, to the Turbine Runner 5K and Women with Hydro Vision Luncheon, there is an added experience for anyone!

See everything being offered below and make sure to register for these events and activities early - as space is limited and they will sell out.

Waterpower® Hydro Basics

Here's everything you need to know to get started in hydro...and a perfect refresher course for veterans! This intensive, highly practical training is designed to help persons new to hydro be more productive more quickly and to help persons with limited hydro experience expand their knowledge.
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Addressing Retrofit Opportunities for Excitation Systems
limited to 80 attendees

Discuss the latest in excitation upgrades and technology, learn how to reduce the impact on schedules and budgets for retrofits, and gain an understanding of all options available when planning to upgrade your excitation system.
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Don't Be Left in the Dark - An Excitation System Primer
limited to 75 attendees

Increase your knowledge of the crucial role of the generation excitation system/automatic voltage regulator in your power plant and what to look for in an excitation system in order to make informed business decisions. Benefit from speaking with excitation system experts.
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Hydrogenerator Stator Winding Maintenance Course
limited to 25 attendees

In this event, you will learn about stator winding design and failure mechanisms, understand stator winding typical tests and repair options in a maintenance context, and promote a better understanding of condition based (predictive) maintenance.
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Hydropower Innovation: EPRI Research & Insights
limited to 35 attendees

EPRI will discuss systemic issues in the hydropower industry: Flexible Operations, Hydropower Valuation, Asset Management and Environmental Impacts, and discuss the work ongoing being performed to combat these issues.
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Bonneville Lock and Dam and Dalles Hydroelectric Facilities
limited to 50 attendees

This tour features two hydroelectric facilities operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At 2,100 MW, The Dalles is one of the ten largest hydropower facilities in the U.S. It was completed in 1957 to provide the Pacific Northwest with a reliable water source for hydropower, navigation, recreation, fish passage, irrigation and flood mitigation.
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Irrigation Hydro
limited to 30 attendees

In-conduit hydropower projects are experiencing a resurgence in the western U.S. as irrigation districts convert open canals used to transport water for agricultural use into piped, pressurized systems. Two Oregon-based non-profits, Farmers Conservation Alliance and Energy Trust of Oregon, are leading these efforts through a process they call Irrigation Modernization. The benefits go beyond hydropower and include water conservation, river restoration, agricultural resilience, rural economic development and even wildfire protection.
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Lewis River: Merwin Dam
limited to 30 attendees

This tour takes participants to the 136-MW Merwin Dam hydro facility on the Lewis River. This is one element of the three-powerhouse Lewis River Hydroelectric Project, which has a total capacity of 510 MW. All of these projects are located in a scenic area near Mt. St. Helens in the Cascade mountain range.
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Women with Hydro Vision luncheon

You’ll meet and recognize special women who have made and/or are continuing to make significant contributions to the hydro industry by sharing their unique talents and “vision” to improve and advance the hydro industry.
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Turbine Runner 5K

The6th AnnualHydropower Foundation Turbine Runner 5K isfun run leaving from the Eastbank Esplanade heading through Portland and the waterfront. This run is a great way to see the city, meet fellow runners, bring a team of co-workers together for bonding and raising money for the Hydropower Foundation, which works to support hydro education, research and furthering the future of the hydropower industry.
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HydroVision keeps getting bigger and better. 2019 will be no exception. In fact, this event is shaping up to be our best ever. You don’t want to miss it! In the meantime, be sure to check back here often for news, insights and updates on the event, and the hydropower industry.

See you in Portland, Oregon, USA!