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 …

-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 …

Hydropower (HP) is expected to play an important role in the European energy transition by providing back-up and …

Low electricity prices put economic pressure on hydropower companies. A more flexible water fee design can counteract … developments dominate changes in water fees and that for the profitability of hydropower, electricity prices are more important … this pressure and support hydropower companies during times when market revenues are low. However, this comes at the cost …

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 …

This study is an attempt to determine whether the need to get hydropower project appraisals perfectly right during the … Hiding Hand dominates the Malevolent Hiding Hand in the selected World Bank-financed hydropower projects (33% v. 21%) and … placing some weight on proceeding with hydropower projects that shows significant promise even if all the implantation risks …

The Himalayan Rivers have an enormous hydropower potential that is still not exploited fully for the benefit of the …

im Mittelpunkt - auch im Bereich Wasser: Trotz Fortschritten haben bis heute weltweit circa 800 Millionen Menschen keinen …

We analyze the properties of progressive water tariffs that are often applied in the sector in the form of discretely … increasing block tariffs (IBT). We are particularly interested in water tarification in a poverty context where a subsistence … level of water has to be allocated to each household. Our approach is semi-welfarist to the extent that we analyze second …