Supporting Hydropower : An Overview of the World Bank Group's Engagement

Hydropower development makes an essential contribution to reducing poverty, boosting shared prosperity, and improving sustainability. Water storage associated with some hydropower projects can also make important contributions to water and food security and to climate resilience. The World Bank Group (WBG) thus uses multiple instruments to support sustainable and responsible hydropower projects of various sizes and types, depending on local need. But hydropower can also carry significant risks that must be carefully managed. Supporting sustainable hydropower is important for the World Bank Group, because hydropower potential exists where electricity is most needed. Hydropower production is the least-cost method of providing electricity in many developing countries. The WBG is committed to helping its clients continuously improve the way they approach hydropower so as to better manage its risks and better share the benefits of this renewable resource. Support for hydropower helps manage risks and can yield local, national, regional, and global benefits. Sustainable hydropower has three dimensions: physical, financial, and social/environmental. While a large amount of progress has been made on sustainability, particularly over the last decade, new challenges continue to emerge or become more pressing. These include: 1) securing multiple benefits from investments in hydropower; 2) managing cascades of projects to optimize additional benefits or to prevent exacerbating negative impacts; and 3) developing a more sophisticated understanding of land and water interactions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Rex, William, Foster, Vivien, Lyon, Kimberly, Bucknall, Julia, Liden, Rikard
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-10-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, ACCOUNTING, ACTUAL COST, ACTUAL COSTS, ANNUAL EMISSIONS, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BENEFITS OF HYDROPOWER, BOTTOM LINE, BRIQUETTES, CLEAN ENERGY, CLEAN POWER, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CO2, COAL, CRUDE OIL, CUMULATIVE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, DAM, DAM PROJECTS, DEBT, DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROPOWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY OUTLOOK, ENERGY SOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, EXTERNALITIES, FOREST, FOREST RESIDUES, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUELS, FUEL, FUTURE HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, GAS, GASEOUS FUELS, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, GRID ELECTRICITY, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HOUSING, HYDRO PLANTS, HYDRO POTENTIAL, HYDRO POWER, HYDRO RESOURCES, HYDROELECTRIC PLANT, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER CAPACITY, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPER, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPERS, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, HYDROPOWER FACILITY, HYDROPOWER INVESTMENTS, HYDROPOWER PLANT, HYDROPOWER PLANTS, HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL, HYDROPOWER PRODUCTION, HYDROPOWER PROJECT, HYDROPOWER PROJECTS, HYDROPOWER REHABILITATION, HYDROPOWER RESOURCES, HYDROPOWER SECTOR, INFLATION, IPCC, IRRIGATION, KILOWATT-HOUR, LARGE DAM, LARGE DAMS, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LIQUID FUELS, LOAD SHEDDING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MODERN WORLD, NATIONAL GRIDS, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, PEAK DEMAND, PELLETS, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM GAS, PIPELINE, POWER GENERATION, POWER GENERATION CAPACITY, POWER GRID, POWER PRODUCER, POWER PRODUCTION, POWER SECTOR, POWER SHORTAGE, POWER SOURCES, POWER STATIONS, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SYSTEM, PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, PRIMARY ENERGY, PUBLIC SERVICES, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, RENEWABLE POWER, RENEWABLE RESOURCE, RESERVOIR, RESETTLEMENT, RIVER, RUN-OF-RIVER PROJECT, RUN-OF-RIVER PROJECTS, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, SAVINGS, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLID FUELS, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE, SUSTAINABLE HYDROPOWER, TAILRACE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TRADITIONAL BIOMASS, UTILITIES, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WIND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20263575/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20351
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