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Hydropower Sustainable Assessmant Protocol
The Sustainability Assessment Protocol has been developed primarily to assist IHA members in assessing performance against criteria described in the IHA Sustainability Guidelines. The Guidelines promote greater consideration of environment, social, and economic sustainability in the assessment of new energy supply options, new hydro projects and the management and operation of existing hydropower facilities.
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Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (Aug 2009)
Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol:
Historical Evolution and Current Draft Protocol
The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum aims to develop a broadly endorsed sustainability assessment tool to measure and guide performance in the hydropower sector.
In August 2009, the Forum released a full Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (the 'Draft Protocol'). This is provided as four stand-alone assessment tools, one for each key stage of the project life cycle. The project is assessed using the section relevant to its stage:
Section I: Strategic Assessments
Section II: Project Preparation
Section III: Project Implementation
Section IV: Project Operation
The Forum had previously released a Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol Key Components Document in January 2009. This was the skeletal document to a period of public Consultation in January and February 2009:
Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol Key Components Document - January 2009 (pdf)
In Consultation Phase 1, the Forum committed to show the relationship between the Draft Protocol content with the strategic priorities of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). This analysis is provided here:
Mapping of WCD Strategic Priorities within the Draft HSAP Content ? August 2009 (pdf)
The Forum?s work has centred on the existing IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol 2006. This document is provided here:
IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol - 2006 (pdf)
Evaluations of the existing IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol (2006) and historical assessments are provided here:
IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol - 2006: Evaluations and Historical Assessments
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Environmental Criteria for Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region
Peter king, Jeremy Bird, Lauwrence Hass, March 2007
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Environmental Considerations For Sustainable Hydropower Development in the Mekong Region
A Joint ADB, MRC and WWF initiative
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International Hydropower Association - Sustainability Guidelines Feb 2004
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International Hydropower Association - Sustainability Assessment Protocole July 2006
The IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol has been developed primarily to assist IHA members in assessing performance against criteria described in the IHA Sustainability Guidelines. The document is in three sections.
The first (Section A ? New Energy Projects) gives general guidance on sustainability issues that should be considered when assessing new energy supply options. This section describes each of the 20 selected sustainability aspects and lists key considerations and assessment requirements for each aspect. It can be used as part of a preliminary due diligence review of proposed new energy projects. It should also be useful for policy and decision makers when developing energy policies and assessing future energy options requirements.
Assessments associated with the second section (Section B ? New Hydro Projects) and third (Section C ? Operating Hydropower Facilities) rely on objective evidence to support a sustainability score against each of twenty sustainability aspects. These aspects of sustainability have been selected to give appropriate coverage to relevant economic, social, and environmental issues. Assessment is scored from 0 to 5, and looks at both process and performance against each aspect or criteria.
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Hydropower Programme of the Mekong River Commission
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International Hydropower Association
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World Wild Fund For Nature - Gretaer Mekong
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Powering Progress (Lao PDR)
Powering Progress is the website of the Department of Energy Promotion and Development (EPD), which is under the mantle of the Ministry of Energy and Mines. It has been established to share information on the Lao Government?s hydropower development plan, which is an integral part of the country?s poverty reduction and development strategy. This website was developed from the former Powering Progress website that had been built under the previous government agency the Lao National Committee for Energy (LNCE). The LNCE was established in 2003 and played a leading role in the development of the Lao hydropower sector up until the establishment of the Ministry of Energy and Mines in 2006. The Department of Energy Promotion and Development then effectively took over the role of LNCE. Some background information on the LNCE is provided in History of hydropower in Lao PDR.
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Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum (Drafting Protocol)
Meeting 6: Minutes and Meeting Papers are now available. Forum Meeting 6 was held in Turkey in March 2009. In addition to reviewing and agreeing on responses to the Phase 1 consultation issues, a major focus of this meeting was on developing the vision and drafting instructions for the Draft Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol. In particular, the structure of the document, the approach to scoring and guidance notes, and relevant templates were agreed. Proposals for Phase 2 consultation and trialling were also discussed, and the timing of major milestones in the Forum's forward work program.
The Forum members are now working on development of the Draft Protocol content with the aspect scoring articulated. This draft will be ready for Forum member review at Forum Meeting 7, in mid-June 2009 in Iceland, and a publicly available version is planned to be available in July 2009.
The Draft Protocol will be the subject of consultation and trialling during August, September and October 2009, and a Final Protocol is aimed to be delivered in early 2010. Further information on the plans for consultation and trialling during this period will be made available in the near future.
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Building a sustainable energy future in the Greater Mekong Subregion
2009, Asian Development Bank
This document presents a draft energy strategy for the Greater Mekong Suregion (GMS). Summary of the content :
-Emerging Challenges in the GMS
-Why integrate the Energy Sector
-The Economics of Energy Integration
-Energy Trade under the GMS Integrated Scenario
-A shared Energy Furure: What will it take ?
-A shared Energy Future: Acting Now
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Living with dams: managing the environmental impacts
Matthew McCartney
International Water Management Institute, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Fax: +251 11 617 2100 E-mail: m.mccartney@cgiar.org
Dams, through disruption of physiochemical and biological processes, have water and associated environmental impacts that have far reaching social and economic consequences. The impact of each dam is unique. It depends not only on the dam structure and the attributes of local biota but also climatic and geomorphic conditions. Given the number of existing dams (over 45,000 large dams) and the large number that may be built in the near future, it is clear that humankind must live with the environmental and social consequences for many decades to come. This paper provides a review of the consequences for ecosystems and biodiversity resulting directly from the presence of dams on rivers, and of constraints and opportunities for environmental protection. It illustrates that a wide range of both technical and non-technical measures has been developed to ameliorate the negative impacts of dams. It argues that relatively few studies have been conducted to evaluate the success of these measures and that it is widely perceived that many interventions fail, either for technical reasons or as a consequence of a variety of socio-economic constraints. It discusses the constraints to successful implementation and mechanisms for promoting, funding and ensuring compliance. Finally, it contends that there is a need to improve environmental practices in the operation of both existing and new dams.
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EIA Report on the Cambodian Part of the Sesan River due to Hydropower Development in Viet Nam
The purpose of this Study is to evaluate the impacts in Cambodia from the
development and operation of Yali Hydropower Project and from future hydropower development on the Se San River in Vietnam. The impact assessment is based on historical data from the development and operation of Ialy Hydropower Project and
different future operation scenarios of the power stations, superimposed different hydrological situations.
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African River Network
Formed in 2003, the African Rivers Network is comprised of dam affected communities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on water and energy issues from over 20 African countries, with a shared aim of working towards social justice in the arena of large dams and their alternatives, and through working together to influence decision-making, amplifying community voices and rights. It comes at a time when Africa is witnessing an unprecedented pace of proposals for large dams. Increasing demand for dams pose enormous pressure on Africa’s natural resources, water in particular. ARN is committed to promoting dialogue and people-centred decision-making on dams and other large infrastructure development in Africa. Human rights, community acceptance of decisions, and reparations for outstanding social injustices should be the cornerstone for any future dam development in Africa.
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