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The International Centre for Hydropower (ICH), Trondheim, Norway, is offering the following courses in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Financing Hydropower Projects in Liberalized Markets; Management of Environmental and Social Aspects of Hydropower Development; The process of Social Impact Assessment; Dam Safety Inspection.See the ICH website for details...

Africa 2013: The International Journal on Hydropower & Dams'  International Conference and Exhibition, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16-18 April, 2013Brochure now available... 

HydroVision International is now accepting abstract submittals for the 2013 conference in Denver, Colorado. Read more.....

The India Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, offers an International Training Programme on Rural Electrification With Small Hydropower. 20 May - 1 June, 2013 only for participants from African Countries. See brochure for more details ...

The Roorkee Institute is also offering a Masters of Technology programme in Alternate Hydro Energy Systems. For criteria of entry & prospectus ...

International Water Power & Dam Construction now has a free, fully searchable database of articles and news stories 1998 - present.

IEAHydro's Annex II has launched its Small Hydro International Gateway, with multiple resources for the small hydro community...

 

 

Welcome to the website of IEA Hydropower
The International Energy Agency Implementing Agreement
for Hydropower Technologies and Programmes

On this site you will find:

What's new at IEA Hydro?

IEA Roadmap for Hydropower  Launched

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  • The International Energy Agency's Technology Roadmap for Hydropower was launched at HYDRO 2012, Bilbao, Spain, on 29 October, 2012, by Ambassador Richard Jones, Deputy Executive Director of the IEA. 
  • The Technology Roadmap for Hydropower details action needed from policy makers to allow hydroelectric production to double, and addresses necessary conditions, including resolving environmental issues and gaining public acceptance. Download a copy of the Roadmap from the IEA website.

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GHG Measurement Guidelines Launched

New Small Hydro International Gateway Launched

  • Annex II has launched its exciting new Small Hydro International Gateway website.  Completely resdesigned and updated, it offers the small hydro community a portal for presenting state-of-the-art Innovatives Technologies, and a forum for Resource, Technological and Regulatory Issues Related to Small Scale Hydropower. Visit now...

Other Conference News

IEAHydro hosted three workshops at HYDRO 2012, in Bilbao. In addition to the Annex XII GHG workshop, two other sessions brought the number of people attending to over 200. 
  •  Annex IX: Hydropower Services. 30 October, 2012 
    The Annex IX workshop introduced our investigative programme on services provided by hydro projects to enhance the understanding of the economic values of energy management (ancillary services provided to the electric grid), water management and other socio-economic services.  Followup discussion  highlighted the importance of valuing hydropower services to the future growth of hydropower. For more information on the work of this Annex ...
  • Annex XI: Renewal and upgrading of hydro plants. 31 October, 2012 
    This session presented and discussed the ongoing work being undertaken by the IEA Hydro  Annex XI to investigate best practices associated with the renewal and upgrading of hydro facilities. It included a panel discussion on the value of improving existing hydro plants. For more information on the work of this Annex ...

 Other Hydropower Resources

Renewable Energy Essentials : Hydropower

  • A major initiative of the US Department of Energy in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the Hydropower Advancement Project which aims to develop and disseminate best practices, assessment, and analysis tools to stimulate and accelerate increases in hydropower asset performance and value. For more on the project...
  • IEA Hydro's "Update of Recommendations on Hydropower and the Environment", prepared by Annex XII, are now available for download
  • Manual_for_Hydropower_Inventory_Studies_of_River_BasinsThe "Manual for Hydropower Inventory Studies of River Basins" (38MB, pdf), a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Brazil, CEPEL and The World Bank, is now available in English. This 2010 edition, a translation of the 2007 Portuguese edition, "intends to offer the international community a basic reference to be considered in the portfolio of possible energy solutions in developing countries, which should be of interest to multilateral financing and development organizations".
    Annex XI: Renewal and Upgrading of Hydropower Plants
    International Energy Agency, Hydropower Implementing Agreement, Annex IX: Hydropower Services
    U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Hydropower Advancement Project (HAP)

 

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