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Climate Smart Small-Scale Hydro Power Plants
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2029
- Authors: Lasantha Jayasinghe, Liyanapathirana Dayananda, Henry Ntale
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 8 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 6 8 7 - 2
Climate Smart Small-Scale Hydro Power Plants provides empirical guidance to practitioners seeking to optimize design and adapt the operation of small hydro power plants (SHPPs… Read more
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Request a sales quoteClimate Smart Small-Scale Hydro Power Plants provides empirical guidance to practitioners seeking to optimize design and adapt the operation of small hydro power plants (SHPPs) to mitigate climate change. The work covers current positions, practices and impacts of SHPP as part of a diversifying sustainable energy mix threatened by the uncertain vagaries of climate change – including violent flooding, inconsistent rain fall, poor catchment management, and water flow rises. In addition, it presents an argument for ‘climate smart’ SHPP planning and design which integrates qualitative and quantitative climate-change context-sensitive aspects into the design of SHPP systems.Chapters review practical examples of hydro-ecological regimes where small hydro power plants play a vital component in the overall energy mix, focusing on social, ecological and economic dimensions of safeguarding, key policies and operational practices. Case studies are used to assess progress and future steps in achieving SHPP climate smart systems, blending comparative review, integration and analysis.
- Explains how to adapt small hydro power systems to mitigate climate change using climate smart approaches
- Guides policymakers to discount climate change impacts when formulating environmental policies for SHPP systems
- Blends ecological, economic and social considerations in developing hydroecological solutions
Design Engineers who wish to design and implement climate-smart small hydro-power plant systems, Small hydropower Investors, Companies/agencies building or financing small hydropower projects, Developers, private infrastructure finance institutions, development finance institutions interested in small-hydro solutions, Policy makers in energy Sector, renewable energy experts, state/federal government, environmentalists, risks impact analysts, climate change management expert, Academics and researchers who wish to investigate knowledge gaps and find improved solutions in the nexus between climate change risks and hydropower sector developments
1. Introduction
1.1. Overview of the energy sector with particular focus on the role of SHPPs in the global energy sector with adequate emphasis on energy transition
1.2. Significance of SHPPs in renewable sustainable energy mixes
1.3. The argument for climate smart SHPP planning and design
2. Environmental Impact Assessment of SHPPs and associated Climate Change considerations
3. Conventional Tools and instruments that support investment decisions / projections in SHPP development
3.1. Technical aspects of optimal SHPP design process
3.2. Financial considerations; discounting climate change risk factors
4. Case study presentations focusing on
4.1. Social dimensions of hydro ecological safeguards, policies and practices
4.2. Ecological dimensions of hydro ecological safeguards, policies and practices
4.3. Economic dimensions of hydro ecological safeguards, policies and practices
5. Comparison, integration and analysis
6. Conclusions / Remedies
6.1. Lessons for Policy makers
7. References
1.1. Overview of the energy sector with particular focus on the role of SHPPs in the global energy sector with adequate emphasis on energy transition
1.2. Significance of SHPPs in renewable sustainable energy mixes
1.3. The argument for climate smart SHPP planning and design
2. Environmental Impact Assessment of SHPPs and associated Climate Change considerations
3. Conventional Tools and instruments that support investment decisions / projections in SHPP development
3.1. Technical aspects of optimal SHPP design process
3.2. Financial considerations; discounting climate change risk factors
4. Case study presentations focusing on
4.1. Social dimensions of hydro ecological safeguards, policies and practices
4.2. Ecological dimensions of hydro ecological safeguards, policies and practices
4.3. Economic dimensions of hydro ecological safeguards, policies and practices
5. Comparison, integration and analysis
6. Conclusions / Remedies
6.1. Lessons for Policy makers
7. References
- No. of pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2029
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128226865
- eBook ISBN: 9780128226872
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Lasantha Jayasinghe
Lasantha Sampath Jayasinghe is a hydropower engineer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is highly experienced in the screening of new Small Hydro Power Projects (SHPPs), construction project management, new project identification and evaluation in Asia and east Africa, conceptual designs and optimization of projects, project estimation and financial evaluation, conducting site surveys and technical appraisal.
Affiliations and expertise
Hydropower Engineer, Colombo, Sri LankaLD
Liyanapathirana Dayananda
LPD Dayananda is a hydropower safeguarding specialist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He brings extensive experience in project management, programme evaluation and social research. He has been engaged in the environmental impact assessment processes surrounding small-scale hydro power plants for more than ten years, working on projects across Asia and Africa.
Affiliations and expertise
Hydropower Safeguarding Specialist, Colombo, Sri LankaHN
Henry Ntale
Henry K. Ntale is an experienced hydrologist with a demonstrated history of working in the water resources engineering sector. He is skilled in hydro-GIS spatial analysis, sustainable development, environmental issues and feasibility studies. He lectured at Makerere University and has worked in the Ugandan government and Regional water governance institutions (GTZ/AMCOW). He is now a consultant specializing in analytical hydrology and water infrastructure development.
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant, Specializing in Analytical Hydrology and Water Infrastructure Development