Rehabilitation of Hydropower : An Introduction to Economic and Technical Issues

Section one provides a concise summary of the results of the study and includes an overview of the conclusions as well as lessons learned based on the assessment of the case studies. Section two gives the context for the study including the definition of a set of hydroelectric project development options as background to related discussions of rehabilitation later in the report. Section three provides an overview of the contents of this report. Section four discusses the development and application of an assessment tool to facilitate the rapid assessment of regional hydropower inventories. This assessment tool has been applied to a data base and inventory of generating station information in the African and Central American regions to identify possible candidates for rehabilitation. The characteristics of the two inventories are outlined in the section and details of the approach and the results of the application of the tool to the two regions are given in annex A. Section five presents a screening-level economic assessment model which quantifies potential costs and benefits associated with hydropower rehabilitation, concluding with generally accepted economic parameters. Details of the development of the economic model are given in annex B. Section six summarizes the application of the economic model to the two data base and inventory of generating station information for the two regions (Africa and Central America). The application of the economic model is not intended to provide site-specific economic parameters for each station since there is insufficient information in the data base for this. The objective of modeling is to provide an order-of magnitude market assessment of the potential for rehabilitation based on the limited data available in the data base. Section seven presents a summary of the important elements of a number of case studies involving historical rehabilitation and expansion projects. The section is the source of a list of overall lessons learned which is presented in the conclusions section. Section eight is a summary of issues which covers the spectrum of Incentives to Barriers associated with the rehabilitation of hydro projects under three broad categories: technical, financial, and environmental or institutional.

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Main Authors:	Goldberg, Joseph, Espeseth Lier, Oeyvind
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-09
Subjects:	AIR FLOW, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BASIC, BATTERIES, BENEFITS OF HYDROPOWER, BEST PRACTICES, BUSINESSES, CANALS, CAPABILITY, CAPACITY FACTOR, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMPONENTS, CONFIGURATIONS, CONTACT INFORMATION, COPYING, COPYRIGHT, CUSTOMIZATION, DAM, DAMS, DECISION SUPPORT TOOL, DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, E-MAIL, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING DESIGN, EQUIPMENT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, FLOW CHART, FRANCIS TURBINE, FRANCIS TURBINES, FUEL, GENERATING CAPACITY, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION SYSTEMS, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION, HEAD, HEADS, HEAT, HEAT TRANSFER, HELP DESK, HYDRAULIC TURBINE, HYDRAULIC TURBINES, HYDRO ASSET, HYDRO GENERATING, HYDRO GENERATING PLANTS, HYDRO PLANT, HYDRO PLANTS, HYDRO POWER, HYDRO POWER PLANT, HYDRO PROJECTS, HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY, HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES, HYDROELECTRIC PLANT, HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS, HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT, HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS, HYDROELECTRIC RESOURCES, HYDROELECTRIC STATION, HYDROELECTRIC STATIONS, HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, HYDROLOGICAL DATA, HYDROLOGY, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER ASSETS, HYDROPOWER CAPACITY, HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS, HYDROPOWER PLANT, HYDROPOWER PLANTS, HYDROPOWER PROJECT, HYDROPOWER PROJECTS, HYDROPOWER REHABILITATION, HYDROPOWER SCHEME, HYDROPOWER STATION, INDEXING, INSPECTION, INSTALLATION, INSTALLATIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INVENTORIES, INVENTORY, IRRIGATION, KAPLAN TURBINE, LARGE HYDRO SCHEMES, LICENSES, LOAD PATTERNS, MACROS, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MANUFACTURING, MARKET OPPORTUNITIES, MATERIAL, NEW MARKET, NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW TURBINE, OIL, OPERATING ENVIRONMENT, PEAK LOAD, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PERFORMANCES, PLANT OPERATION, PLANT OPERATIONS, PLANT RELIABILITY, POTENTIAL ENERGY, POWER FACILITIES, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER MIX, POWER SECTOR, POWER STATION, POWER STATIONS, POWER SYSTEMS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROCUREMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PUMP, PUMPS, QUERIES, RAW DATA, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE SOURCE, RENEWABLE SOURCE OF ENERGY, RENEWABLE SOURCES, RESERVOIR, RESERVOIRS, RESETTLEMENT, RESULT, RESULTS, RIVER, RIVER FLOWS, RIVERS, ROLE OF HYDROPOWER, SAND, SEDIMENT, SEDIMENT LOAD, SEDIMENT LOADS, SEDIMENTS, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, SILICON, SITES, SOCIAL ISSUES, SPREADSHEET, STREAMS, TECHNICAL ISSUES, TELEPHONE, THERMAL CAPACITY, TRANSFORMERS, TRANSMISSION, TURBINE, TURBINE BLADES, TURBINE EFFICIENCY, TURBINES, USER, USES, UTILITIES, VOLTAGE, WATER SUPPLY, WIND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/09/16583687/rehabilitation-hydropower-introduction-economic-technical-issues https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17251
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