In his presentation, Phil will examine five topics related to the role of hydro in modern sustainable power grids.

1. Features of hydro developments, including the importance of hydrology and site topography, the types of hydro development concepts, and run-of-river vs storage developments.
2. Comparison with other renewables, including variability and availability, predictability and diversity of energy production, and energy storage.
3. Contribution to Grid, including rapid dispatch, frequency stabilization, dispersion of generation sources and the potential to provide "virtual" storage.
4. Challenges to hydro, specifically the size of plant footprint, the impact on flow regime, the environmental effects (both negative and positive), the socio-economic effects, and the regulatory regime.
5. Finally, Phil will examine the question "is hydro sustainable?"

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