The ex-ante economic analysis of investments in large dams: a brief history
By Dale Whittington and Kerry Smith Tuesday 16th June, 4pm REGISTER In this presentation we will explore the history of the ex-ante economic analysis of large dams through the discussion of six key developments that have occurred since the 1950s: adding systems...
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Power Systems and Covid-19: Crisis or bringing sectors together to survive and thrive?
By Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña, Wentao Zhu, Jose Nicolas Melchor Gutierrez, Mathaios Panteli The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of critical services and infrastructures to large scale crises and the power sector is no exception. Electrical...
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Webinar – Climate finance for hydropower: enabling the transition to a low-carbon future
By Sejal Patel and Neha Rai, IIED Tuesday 2nd June 2020 Watch: https://youtu.be/egmlWKoNNqQ In this presentation, we discuss the role of climate financiers in supporting hydropower, and look at why hydropower project developers should be interested in the benefits of...
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The pros and cons of large hydropower financing models. New open access research
In their most recent paper, 'Mapping the evolving complexity of large hydropower project finance in low and lower-middle income countries', published in Green Finance, Markkanen, Plummer Braeckman and Souvannaseng describe and compare the advantages and limitations of...
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Webinar: Hydropower finance – complexity, risk and private sector investment
By Judith Plummer Braeckman and Sanna Markkanen, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership Watch the webinar on YouTube Sustainably developed hydropower can be cost effective and can offer many additional benefits beyond power generation, such as water storage...
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Dams and Covid-19: Some Thoughts
By David Hulme and Barnaby Dye, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Today we live in a lockdown world as the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across countries and continents: air travel has virtually ceased; billions of people have been told to stay at...
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Webinar: Resettlement of Gumuz Communities around Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Dam
Tuesday 21st April 2020 Watch the webinar on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/vD1AoU-FxEg This webinar explores the programme of resettlement of Gumuz farmers and others living at low altitude along the Blue Nile and Beles rivers, whose home areas are expected to be...
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Water management for climate change adaptation: emerging trends and new research
Water at COP25: Resilience enables climate change adaptation FutureDAMS' researchers Julien Harou, Judith Plummer Braeckmann and Sanna Markkanen presented at COP25 (Madrid, December 2019). Reflecting on their experience, they have contributed to the latest Institute...
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FutureDAMS training: Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Myanmar
FutureDAMS Co-Investigator in Myanmar, Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University (Ministry of Education), delivered training to the officials of the different departments of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) on 10th to 14th February in Nay...
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The energy needs of Myanmar with Professor Aung Ze Ya
The FutureDAMS decision-making framework and analytical toolset is being co-developed with partners in Myanmar. In this interview Professor Aung Ze Ya of Yangon Technological University talks about his role in the project, the energy needs of Myanmar and how the...
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