Floating solar on hydropower reservoirs – a low impact energy hybrid ?
By Barnaby Dye, FutureDAMS Research Associate A recent study financed by the World Bank suggests that low-cost floating solar panels could produce an equivalent amount of power at a fraction of the footprint of a large dam’s reservoir. Many developing countries have...
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Call for papers: Dams, Development and Decison-making
Call for papers: Development Studies Association Annual Meeting 2019, Milton Keynes, UK 19-21 June Deadline for abstracts: 14 January 2019 Session Title: Dams, Development & Decision-making Organizers: Pon Souvannaseng (University of Manchester); David Hulme...
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Who should carry the financial risks in large private sector financed hydropower projects?
By Judith Plummer Braeckman (CISL) and Jamie Skinner (IIED) Large hydropower projects can cost more than a billion dollars to build. For the private sector, to whom Governments are increasingly turning for infrastructure finance, this represents a significant...
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Watch: Prof Julien Harou on how to improve dam decision making
This autumn at UNESCO in Paris the International Hydropower Association held a meeting entitled ‘Improving decision-making for hydropower’. FutureDAMS Research Director Julien Harou was an invited speaker and gave the following 10 minute presentation on the...
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What’s the economic value of water stored in dams? New open access research
Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a systems modelling approach which determines how much water managers should store across complex constellations of dams. The approach could save California alone over $100 million annually. FutureDAMS...
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FutureDAMS symposium in Ghana
By Barnaby Dye, FutureDAMS Research Associate FutureDAMS held its annual conference in Accra, Ghana a couple of weeks ago. This was an exciting opportunity to meet our colleagues from across the world and particularly in Ghana. With a vibrant and well-established...
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FutureDAMS PhDs get to work at the Global Development Institute
Last week we welcomed three new PhD candidates at the Global Development Institute, who will be working on FutureDAMS. We asked them to introduce themselves... Bethany Coleman I’m joining the FutureDAMS project after completing an undergraduate degree in Geography...
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David Hulme interviewed on the Global Dispatches podcast
"The message shouldn't be build no dams. We should build the right dams and build them better." Professor David Hulme, CEO of the FutureDAMS project was interviewed for the latest Global Dispatches podcast. He discusses why an unprecedented number of dams are...
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FutureDAMS at the Development Studies Association annual conference
FutureDAMS was well represented at a recent panel at the Development Studies Association annual conference, at the University of Manchester in June. Convened by Filippo Menga, a recent addition to our advisory board, the panel examined different approach to benefit...
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FutureDAMS launches in Ghana
By Adam Randon, FutureDAMS programme manager Between 10 and 13 June, Senior Management Team members David Hulme (CEO), Julien Harou (Research Director) and Jamie Skinner (Capacity Director) attended the formal launch of the FutureDAMS programme in Ghana, organised by...
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