Hydropower and Sustainability

International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Sciences and Applications, 2020

Development of hydropower projects involves a large amount of initial investment. Unlike other construction projects, hydropower projects are riskier to undertake since, the projects are large in size, linear in nature and involve many parties and stakeholders. The projects are facing cost overrun, schedule slippage, environmental, and social problems due to the various risk factors associated with the projects, which have to be identified and analysed so that the issues can be mitigated for the sustainable hydropower development in the country. This research involved identification and analysis of risk factors, which led to cost overrun and impact on the social and ecological environment due to the development of hydropower. The risk factors were identified through a questionnaire survey to the experts and literature review. The identified risks were analysed qualitatively considering both the probability of occurrence of the risk and its impact on the project and were prioritised ...

Hydropower - Practice and Application, 2012

Slow down growth and protect the environment "sustainable development" Grow and meet today's development needs without compromising future generations "corporate social responsibility" Economic, social and environmental performance all matter

IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018

This project studies on the establishment of a new framework for sustainable hydropower development. A hydropower development is listed as one of the prescribed activities under the Environmental Quality Order 1987. Thus, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) guidelines must be referred to comply with the Department of Environment (DoE) requirements. In order to execute EIA, an assessment tool that will be utilized in the final evaluation phase must be determined. The selected assessment tool that will be used is Systematic Sustainability Assessment(SSA) which is a new integrated tool to evaluate the sustainability performance. A pilot run is conducted in five different departments within the Energy Company to validate the efficiency of the SSA tool. The parameters to be evaluated are constructed aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to maintain the sustainability features. Consequently, the performance level of the sustainability with respect to People, Planet and Profit (3P's) is able to be discovered during evaluation phase in the hydropower development for continuous improvement.

ISRN Renewable Energy, 2012

Hydropower is an important renewable energy resource worldwide. However, its development is accompanied with environmental and social drawbacks. Issues of degradation of the environment and climate change can negatively impact hydropower generation. A sustainable hydropower project is possible, but needs proper planning and careful system design to manage the challenges. Well-planned hydropower projects can contribute to supply sustainable energy. An up-to-date knowledge is necessary for energy planners, investors, and other stakeholders to make informed decisions concerning hydropower projects. This is basically a review paper. Apart from using expert knowledge, the authors have also consulted extensively from journals, conference papers, reports, and some documents to get secondary information on the subject. The paper has reviewed the world energy scenario and how hydropower fits in as the solution to the global sustainable energy challenge. Issues of hydropower resource availability, technology, environment and climate change have been also discussed. Hydropower is sensitive to the state of environment, and climate change. With global climate change, though globally the potential is stated to slightly increase, some countries will experience a decrease in potential with increased risks. Adaptation measures are required to sustainably generate hydropower. These are also discussed in the paper.

The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Hydropower refers to energy conversion from flowing water into electricity. Due to water recycling by the Sun, hydropower is widely accepted as a form of renewable energy. A sustainable project is possible only when there is appropriate planning, efficient system design to tackle societal and environmental issues, and continuous adaptation to changing conditions. It is important to update knowledge

Hydropower - Practice and Application, 2012

International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, 2015

Hydropower energy is a renewable, sustainable and clean energy in the other alternative energy sources. Moreover, it does not deprive future generations in terms of raw materials, or burdening them with pollutants or waste. Hydroelectric power plants utilize the basic national and renewable resource of the country. Although the initial investment cost of hydropower seems relatively high, the projects have the lowest production costs and do not depend on foreign capital and support, when considering environmental pollution and longterm economic evaluation. Hydropower is available in a broad range of project scales and types. Projects can be designed to suit particular needs and specific site conditions. As hydropower does not consume or pollute the water it uses to generate power, it leaves this vital resource available for other uses.

IOP conference series, 2017

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Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language, , 2023

The concept of living in harmony with nature is as old as humankind. However, a modern conception emerged in the term 'sustainable development' with the rise of green movements in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Sustainable development can be defined as an approach to the economic development of a country without compromising with the quality of the environment for future generations. This definition captured the spirit of the times whereby government, business, and civil society have strived to make development sustainable. Hydropower accounts for 16% of all global electricity production and it is one of the world's most widely used renewable, low-carbon energy resources. It plays an important role in enabling communities around the world to meet their power and water needs. In some regions the pace of hydropower growth has been rapid but with little guidance to ensure development is sustainable. However, some of the most promising and influential initiatives to improve development, such as the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol, have been driven by the hydropower sector itself. This paper addresses the progress that hydropower has made in the context of sustainable development over the past 15 years. The concept of sustainable development does imply limits, not absolute limits but limitations imposed by the present state of technology and social organizations on environmental resources and by the ability of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities. But technology and social organization can both be managed and improved to make way for a new era of economic growth.

2016

Energy is the spine of any country’s domestic lifeline, progress and security. The vital force behind all development and urbanization across the globe in all sectors is essentially dependent on energy which may be renewable or non renewable. There is wide option of power generation available, ranging as per the nation need, as immediate, short term and long term. It is pertinent for any country to meet its instantaneous and interim growing power obligation through technologies utilizing non-renewable natural resources like fossil fuel, with a clear perception that it is a major source of pollution, has direct impact on environment, human and animal life and that the nature reserve is going to be exhausted some time in future. Hence it is prudent and imperative to tread the path of development by utilizing renewable resource of energy produced from the force of water, wind, tide, sun’s rays and biomass. Solar, wind, tidal, biomass and geothermal energy are excellent source to be tap...