Best Practices for Sustainable Development of Micro Hydro Power in Developing Countries

Khennas, Smail ; Barnett, Andrew

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO ENERGY;    ALTERNATIVE ENERGY;    CALCULATION;    CAPACITY BUILDING;    CASE STUDIES;   

RP-ID  :  21640

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report synthesizes the experienceof micro hydro developments in Sri Lanka, Peru, Nepal,Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. It attempts to draw out the BestPractice from this experience. Micro hydro plants aredefined as having a capacity of between 10 kW and 200 kW.The report provides a rigorous comparative microeconomicanalysis of the cost and financial returns of a sample ofplants across the five countries. It draws out themacroeconomic, financial, and other institutionalarrangements that appear important to the scaling-up ofmicro hydro investments. Summaries of the microeconomicanalysis of the case studies of individual micro hyro plantsare included in the annex to this synthesis report. Thelessons for "Best Practice" are summarized inSection 5.