Hydropower
Among hydropower’s myriad benefits (e.g., greater energy security, reduced greenhouse gas emissions), this report focuses specifically on its socioeconomic benefits, and how governments can maximize them through policy and planning. The report also considers outcomes that can be controlled and maximized at the project level, beyond the risk mitigation requirements of environmental and social safeguard frameworks. Notably, benefits can be felt at both national and local levels throughout a hydropower project’s planning, development, and operation. This report’s preparation included an extensive literature review. This was combined with a market sounding that engaged 50 stakeholders in the hydropower sector, including governments, industry associations, academia, public and private sector developers, and technical experts. In addition, nine hydropower developers were asked about the quantitative data and figures developed from the literature review. Key lessons and best practices gathered from these important contributors are outlined in the text and showcased across 30 case studies. This report complements the 2022 World Bank handbook “A Sure Path to Sustainable Renewable Energy: Maximizing Socioeconomic Benefits Triggered by Renewables,” which offers guidance to governments on designing renewable energy programs that have extensive benefits, for communities and the broader society (World Bank 2022a). Although the handbook does not specifically focus on hydropower, it provides an underpinning framework and step-by-step process that governments can follow. The theory of change for the handbook, designed from the government perspective, is provided in annex 2. The present report is intended for governments, developers, and operators to learn from the examples and case studies featured, take inspiration from the successes, and replicate the best practices to generate positive socioeconomic outcomes.
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Format: | ESMAP Paper biblioteca |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2024-05-23
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Subjects: | GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HYDROPOWER, SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS, RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION, SDG 12, CLIMATE ACTION, SDG 13, AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY, SDG 7, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052324145538260/P1742021a3c29a0ff1bd8f16f1b85adf503 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41615 |
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Summary: | Among hydropower’s myriad benefits
(e.g., greater energy security, reduced greenhouse gas
emissions), this report focuses specifically on its
socioeconomic benefits, and how governments can maximize
them through policy and planning. The report also considers
outcomes that can be controlled and maximized at the project
level, beyond the risk mitigation requirements of
environmental and social safeguard frameworks. Notably,
benefits can be felt at both national and local levels
throughout a hydropower project’s planning, development, and
operation. This report’s preparation included an extensive
literature review. This was combined with a market sounding
that engaged 50 stakeholders in the hydropower sector,
including governments, industry associations, academia,
public and private sector developers, and technical experts.
In addition, nine hydropower developers were asked about the
quantitative data and figures developed from the literature
review. Key lessons and best practices gathered from these
important contributors are outlined in the text and
showcased across 30 case studies. This report complements
the 2022 World Bank handbook “A Sure Path to Sustainable
Renewable Energy: Maximizing Socioeconomic Benefits
Triggered by Renewables,” which offers guidance to
governments on designing renewable energy programs that have
extensive benefits, for communities and the broader society
(World Bank 2022a). Although the handbook does not
specifically focus on hydropower, it provides an
underpinning framework and step-by-step process that
governments can follow. The theory of change for the
handbook, designed from the government perspective, is
provided in annex 2. The present report is intended for
governments, developers, and operators to learn from the
examples and case studies featured, take inspiration from
the successes, and replicate the best practices to generate
positive socioeconomic outcomes. |
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