Power systems are designed to operate under strong quality requirements, so that hydroelectric plants have to produce energy with constant voltage and frequency. According to classical generation schemes, frequency is controlled by the speed governors, which tend to maintain the turbine rotating speed fixed at a synchronous speed. During the plant life the basic variables, such as water head and flow, are not the same as those assumed for the design, the turbine s operating point can go out of the region for maximal efficiency for long periods of time, decreasing than the plant total efficiency. This dissertation brings up the use of a double-fed machine with a static converter connected to the rotor s circuit for adjustable speed generation, with the decoupling of the turbine speed and the system frequency. This work does also show the improvements of the use of this technology.