Today, our blog hosts a short interview with Admitos A. Bideris-Davos, Technical project manager at the Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Greece.
Admitos, welcome. We are delighted to have you with us today as part of the #MeetTheD-HYDROFLEXTeam blog series. PPC is a key demonstration partner in the D-HYDROFLEX project.
Q: Would you like to introduce yourself, your background, and your area of expertise within the D-HYDROFLEX project?
A: I am Admitos A. Bideris-Davos. I hold a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering focusing on micro hydropower generation, and I also serve as an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Patras, alongside my role at the Public Power Corporation (PPC) in Greece. At PPC, my work involves the techno-economic evaluation, operation, and technological modernization of hydroelectric power plants. My core expertise centers on optimizing these legacy infrastructure assets to ensure they operate efficiently and integrate seamlessly into modern, renewable-heavy energy grids.
Q: Could you describe your company’s role on the project?
A: PPC is a key demonstration partner in the D-HYDROFLEX project. Our primary role is to provide real-world hydroelectric power plants in Greece to serve as validation sites for the project’s new digital toolkit. We facilitate the deployment and testing of advanced sensors, digital twins, and AI algorithms within our live operational environments, ensuring these solutions are practical, safe, and highly replicable across different European market setups.
Q: We would like to know more on the digital renovation of legacy hydropower plants.
A: Hydropower is vital for grid stability, flood control, and the transition to a greener energy system, but many existing plants operate on aging legacy systems. We need to think out of the box by digitally “renovating” these existing assets rather than exclusively building new infrastructure. Many existing assets rely on legacy operational technology that was never originally designed for external connectivity. By integrating edge computing, image processing, and artificial intelligence into traditional operations, we can transition from reactive maintenance to highly accurate predictive diagnostics, all while maintaining robust cybersecurity standards that shield critical power infrastructure from cyber threats. This modernization maximizes plant flexibility without requiring massive, ecologically disruptive physical reconstruction.
Q: What are the main challenges of your work on the project, and how do you tackle them?
A: A major challenge is safely integrating a cloud-based monitoring and diagnostics centre into critical, continuously operating infrastructure without disrupting daily power generation. We tackle this by implementing these digital layers in controlled, phased deployments. By rigorously testing the digital twin models against our historical and real-time plant data, we can validate their accuracy in identifying sources of unplanned downtime and process inefficiencies before allowing them to inform active operational decisions. Q: What are your expectations from the project? What impact will the project have on the energy ecosystem?
A: I expect D-HYDROFLEX to successfully deliver a scalable digital toolkit that gives operators remote, real-time insights into plant operations. By improving predictive maintenance, this project will drastically increase the sustainability performance and flexibility potential of European hydropower. Ultimately, it will empower our hydroelectric plants to better balance the grid against intermittent wind and solar generation, accelerating the broader goals of the European Green Deal and the Digital Decade Policy.
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