Simulate hydropower investment decisions with real-world precision
Whether you’re upgrading turbines, expanding reservoirs, or exploring M&A opportunities, HYDROGRID Insight’s Investment Simulation Module delivers the insights you need to maximize ROI, reduce risks, and make strategic, data-driven decisions—before investing valuable resources.
Simulate hydropower investment decisions with real-world precision
We help proactive hydro operations teams with real-time plant monitoring, predictive production planning, optimal trading, constraint management and maintenance planning under a single hood.
Maximize Investment ROI
Accurately evaluate the profitability and revenue potential of potential upgrades or investments to identify the best-performing opportunities.
Reduce Commercial Risk
Minimize uncertainty when assessing M&A opportunities, operational upgrades, or regulatory changes. Simulate real-world outcomes to make informed, low-risk decisions.
Strategically Optimize Portfolio Decisions
Leverage detailed, hourly simulation granularity to compare scenarios and strategically choose investments with the highest returns and lowest risks.
Optimize Concession and Regulatory Conditions
Precisely quantify the opportunity costs and benefits of regulatory changes, such as expanded reservoir volumes or environmental discharge requirements.
Use Cases
HYDROGRID Insight’s Investment Simulation Module empowers hydro developers, operators, and investors to strategically assess investments, quantify ROI, and reduce risk across key decision areas:
Investment Decisions
Simulate the financial and operational impact of upgrades—whether adding new turbines, increasing storage reservoir size, or enhancing flexibility with pumped storage. Run multiple real-world scenarios to identify the most profitable path and make data-driven go/no-go decisions with confidence.
M&A Analysis
Move beyond seller-provided historical data. Accurately simulate the revenue potential of hydropower assets under optimal, price-driven operations, factoring in inflows, market prices, and technical constraints. Gain a competitive edge in M&A by uncovering the true value of prospective assets.
Regulatory Changes
Navigate negotiations with clarity and precision. Model the financial and operational impact of concession changes, such as increased environmental discharge requirements, expanded usable reservoir volumes, or waterway modifications. Quantify opportunity costs and strengthen your negociation position.
Our Investment Decision Simulation Module Makes All the Difference
HYDROGRID’s digital twin technology delivers unparalleled accuracy, using hourly granularity, real-life inputs, and detailed operational modeling. Confidently plan for the future while optimizing outcomes for every scenario.
Without HYDROGRID Insight
Relying on static data or assumptions leaves investment profitability unclear.
Complex decisions require time-consuming calculations prone to errors.
Lack of real-world simulations leads to incomplete ROI assessments.
Unquantified opportunity costs and risks make M&A and regulatory negotiations challenging.
With HYDROGRID Insight
Simulate multiple scenarios with real inflows, prices, and constraints to accurately forecast ROI.
Advanced models streamline decision-making, minimizing errors and manual effort.
Quantify the revenue potential and opportunity costs of upgrades, M&A, and regulatory changes.
Make data-driven, low-risk investment decisions that maximize returns and strengthen negotiations.
Module Overview
Our simulation module integrates all real-world parameters—hydrology, market prices, operational constraints, and environmental policies—into a powerful, data-driven process to evaluate your investment.
Hourly simulation and optimization granularity in no time
Achieve unmatched precision with detailed, hour-by-hour simulations to accurately evaluate investment scenarios and outcomes. Benefit from easy setup and quick outcomes to stay precise & competitive.
Full modeling of technical and environmental requirements
Factor in real-world constraints such as minimum discharge, ramping limits, and efficiency curves for highly realistic analysis.
Real-life inflow and price forecasts for reliable analysis
Simulate investment decisions using accurate inflow data and market price forecasts to ensure credible, data-driven insights.
Clear KPI reports for confident decision-making
Get actionable results with intuitive reports and key performance indicators, viewable on the platform and downloadable for further analysis in less than 10 days.
Example: Simulation for Additional Turbine Investment
Scenario: Adding an additional turbine to increase capacity.
Outcome: Simulation revealed an 11% revenue increase compared to the existing setup, accounting for efficiency curves and price peaks.
HYDROGRID Insight gets your operations covered with:
What users have to say about us.
Implementing HYDROGRID Insight is part of our mission to enhance the efficiency of our hydropower operations. By reducing spillage and optimizing data management, we aim to set a new standard for hydropower efficiency in the region.The first plant to apply HYDROGRID technology in Brazil is PCH Porto Franco, with the main goal to optimize the reservoir management.
After comprehensive evaluation, we chose HYDROGRID Insight, an optimization solution that seamlessly integrates into our existing IT landscape and enables optimal hydrological and market-based management of our portfolio. This partnership aligns with our mission to fully exploit the potential of our hydropower, ensuring the secure, economical, and sustainable energy supply to the customers of Nidwalden
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