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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, 2013. Brochure 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 ...

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Current Activities (2010 - 2015)

Annex IX:Hydropower Services

Objective

The overall objective of this Annex is to establish economic values for water and energy services provided by storage hydro beyond beyond the production of electricity, such as

Ancillary services to stabilise the electric grid Flood / drought protection
Groundwater stabilisation Water quality improvements (oxygenation, temperature dispersion, trash removal)
Navigation (transport) Irrigation (agriculture)
Leisure and tourism
Aquaculture
Health
Regional development

Tasks

The work will be divided into Tasks, including one focussing on the value of grid services and another to analyse services beyond the energy sector. These studies will not be cost-benefit analyses, but will be case studies used to validate economic assessment methods, quantifying the added value created by a specific hydropower scheme, in a given river basin, through its various multipurpose enabling functions.

Ancillary services to stabilise the electric grid

Flood / drought protection

Groundwater stabilisation

Water quality improvements (oxygenation, temperature dispersion, trash removal)

Navigation (transport)

Irrigation (agriculture)

Leisure and tourism

Means

Case studies based on recognized economic assessment methods. Joint initiative in collaboration with IEA/IHA/Eurelectric.

Want to participate or know more about this project?

IEA Hydro invites interested parties to contribute to this program of work. For more information, please contact:

Operating Agent

Karin Seelos
Vice President Power Generation, International Affairs
Statkraft Energi AS
Lilleakerveien 6 P.O. Box 200 Lilleaker 0216
Oslo NORWAY
Tel: +47 24 06 88 03
Mob: +47 99 38 69 71
E: Karin.Seelos@statkraft.com