Store2Hydro is coordinated by Professor Staffan Lundstrom. Staffan leads the Fluid Mechanics group at Luleå University of Technology (LTU), with approximately 35 researchers and PhD students. Additionally, he serves as the Head of the Division of Fluid and Experimental Mechanics, overseeing more than 50 researchers and PhD students. His extensive experience demonstrates his ability to assume both primary leadership roles and supportive positions within leadership teams. With leadership experience in diverse local and global environments, he has led a national Excellence centre, participated in the leadership of another national Excellence center, and contributed to the leadership of a significant H2020 project.
The Store2Hydro team have heritage, with many of the partners collaborating in previous or current hydropower related projects, including a COST Action network (see here) and Horizon 2020 projects such as HydroFlex. Store2Hydro comprises 7 academic institutions, 1 applied research organisation, and 3 industrial partners, including Aker Solutions and Vattenfall, who are a major players in hydropower and can support exploitation of results as well as future commercialisation and uptake. Go here to see all the partners involved and links to their websites.
An Advisory Board (AB) will be established to give guidance to the project and to support exploitation and sustaining project results towards pre-commercial maturation. The AB consists of three internal members, Mats Billstein (Vattenfall), Petter Hessen (Aker Solutions), and Mark Langley (WRG Europe). Moreover, at least two external advisors from industry will be appointed within 2024. The AB will meet once per year and will monitor the how the project’s milestones and reports are disseminated, including at conferences and technical journals. The AB will also support risk management. The AB will be led by the Exploitation and Innovation Manager, Petter Hessen.
To ensure effective internal communication as well as to our European Commission funders, Store2Hydro has the following organisational structure:
We are fortunate to have an amazing team of experts working within our project. Click on the profile pictures to get a biography for each of our Work Package Leaders.
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