struggle over hydropower development and decision-making on water and land across the region, this study shows that countries …This paper aims to contribute to understanding the existing knowledge gaps in the linkages of energy, water, and land … that are the winners or losers in the hydropower development schemes are not the only ones managing the Mekong; rather, it …

river. Upstream Kyrgyzstan operates the Toktogul reservoir which generates hydropower demanded mainly in winter for heating …. Downstream Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan need irrigation water in summer, primarily to grow cotton. Regional agreements obliging … due to lack of trust between the parties. Striving for self-sufficiency in irrigation water, Uzbekistan initiated new …

network and hydropower representation. Swissmod captures the features and restrictions of run-of-river, yearly storage and … pumped-storage power plants and combines this with a network model of the river and water stream system to take the … interdependence of hydraulically coupled hydropower plants into account. In addition, the Swiss electricity network is represented …

Large hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks … of climate change. The debate is especially relevant on the African continent, which offers vast hydropower potential … structure P3 contracts to improve hydropower project value as well as insure sponsors against climate risk. …

This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower … the world. Hydropower dams are often a lower-cost option for power generation in Clean Energy Transition for addressing … global climate change. Despite its conspicuous aspects, constructing hydropower dams has been controversial. Considering the …

-dominated electricity system using Switzerland as a case study. By using a short-term hydropower operation model and a set of Swiss … hydropower plants, we are able to identify a competitive benchmark for Swiss balancing market prices defined by the opportunity … costs of hydropower for providing balancing capacity. Our results show that Swiss balancing market prices are influenced by …