{"schemaVersion":"report-figure-v1","report":{"slug":"european-hydro-hybridisation-2026","title":"Grid headroom without new grid: Europe's hydro hybridisation finding","url":"https://solaranalytica.com/european-hydro-hybridisation-2026","datePublished":"2026-07-25","lastReviewed":"2026-07-25"},"figure":{"id":"hydro-capacity-factor-uplift","title":"Hydropower capacity factor, alone and with co-located solar","unit":"per cent capacity factor","valueLabel":"Hydro alone","valueBLabel":"With co-located solar","caption":"Average capacity factor, hydro alone against hydro with co-located solar, per Ember (July 2026). Wind co-location gives a smaller lift, to 31 and 42 per cent, shown in the table below. Higher utilisation of the same connection is the mechanism behind the 25 GW.","series":[{"label":"Reservoir and pumped hydro","value":19,"valueB":36},{"label":"Run of river","value":29,"valueB":47}]},"csv":"https://solaranalytica.com/reports/european-hydro-hybridisation-2026/figures/hydro-capacity-factor-uplift/data.csv","publicationState":"fixed-edition","boundary":"The figure remains bound to the report edition. A newer upstream release creates a review obligation and never rewrites these rows automatically."}