ACTUAL POLICY

Factors which evaluate the

performance
-Power Generation
-Economic
-Social Impact
-Environmental Impact
-Water use
-Greenhouse gas emissions.
 ACTUAL POLICY
The main issues that affect
hydropower performance are
Funding mechanisms and the role
that the public and private finance
plays.
Availability of data
Physical and environmental factors
Climate Change
Operation and Maintenance
Type of hydropower scheme.
 ECONOMICS
Fiscal incentives
Tax incentives that include
Income tax
Value added tax
Customs duty incentives

Non fiscal incentives

Risk cost sharing
Support for land acquisition and resettlement

Capital Smart subsidies

The bulk of private schemes are run of river projects,

smaller and less risky in terms of investment
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Altered sediment dynamics
Altered flow regime in
downstream river.
Unchanged river fow when
powerhouse in dam toe; when
located further downstream
reduced flow between intake and
power house
 CONCLUSIONS
Re-operated, improved and rehabilitated
Comprehensive catchment-wide and
national planning.
Maximize flexibility and adaptive
management
Climate change should be incorporated
into the planning and design
water footprint and green house
emissions.
Technological innovations can improve
environmental performance and reduce
operational cost
the water-energy-food nexus
Regional pools.
 RECOMMENDATIONS
Rehabilitation, upgrading or uprating existing
hydropower plants to increase efficiency, output,
capacity and value.
Identify opportunities to redevelop very old
hydropower plants.
Identify dams originally developed for flood
control, irrigation, navigation or drinking water and
asses the feasibility of adding hydropower
generation
Estimation of green house gases
Minimisation and utilisation of greenhouse gases
generated
Water consumption and footprinting tools for
different power generation technologies
Financing of small-scale hydropower schemes
Private sector participation