Hydropower Excellence

Magstrom provides sustainable and reliable solutions to the hydroelectric industry by combining deep digital insight with mechanical engineering expertise. Our portfolio offers true alternatives to conventional modernization efforts — boosting performance and unlocking measurable bottom-line savings for a more resilient and future-proof hydropower sector.

Solutions

Our Solutions

Active Magnetic Balancing® system

The Active Magnetic Balancing® system eliminates the root cause of most vibrations and fatigue in hydroelectric generators, providing increased uptime, deferred refurbishment and extended lifetime for your machine.

UMPVIEWER®

The UMPVIEWER® is a diagnosis system that evaluates the magnetic and mechanical health of your machine, allowing you to rationalize maintenance activities based on the root cause of problems.

10 yrs

Extended service life through Active Magnetic Balancing®

>90%

Reduced harmful forces through Active Magnetic Balancing®

<3 yrs

Average payback time for Active Magnetic Balancing®

"We estimate that the system will extend the service life of our generators by at least 5-10 years"

Klas Huhtasaari, Head of Hydropower Plant Projects, Vattenfall

"In the short term we avoid the investment cost of a new generator"

Peter Altzar, Technical Developer, Fortum

"Active Magnetic Balancing® made the dynamic behavior of our generator predictable"

Maximilian Titzschkau, Data Analysis and Hydromechanics Expert, Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG

Curious about what Magstrom can do for your generators? Contact us today and discover how our solutions can power your success!

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News

2025-09-08 Magstrom to Host “Driving the Future of Hydropower” Event, October 1–3

2025-06-05 New Magstrom premises in central Uppsala, Sweden

2025-05-02 EDF (Électricité de France) and ENGIE (Laborelec) to visit installation of Magstrom’s Active Magnetic Balancing™

2025-03-28 Magstrom and Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) join forces at vgbe energy e.V. Expert Event

2024-10-10 Active Magnetic Balancing™ to reduce total force between rotor and stator by 96% in Fortum hydroelectric generator

2024-08-05 Thank you Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO) for a great collaboration!

2024-04-16 Fortum has entered an agreement with Magstrom

2023-09-04 Meet us at Hydro 2023, "booth 153" in Edinburgh, Scotland

2023-05-16 Cutting-edge technology makes hydropower generators better than new (Swedish)

2023-05-16 Follow us on LinkedIn

2022-09-29 Swedish innovation prolongs lifetime of hydropower plants (paywall)