New video – ‘A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance’

Sep 30, 2021 | Finance |

New video – ‘A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance’
A tale of three dams: Sustainable hydropower finance is a video looking at the different options for financing sustainable hydropower projects in low-income countries.  Using examples in Uganda, it discusses three potential financing structures (fully public, public-private-partnership, and new types of bilateral finance), their advantages and disadvantages and how they’ve worked in practice.

Uganda’s experiences of developing large hydropower with various different types of financing can provide examples to other low income countries, where much of the hydropower potential remains underutilised. In addition to providing their energy benefits, sustainably developed hydropower projects can help countries to adapt to changing climate by providing much needed water management services including seasonal water storage.

 

This video is a MUST VIEW for anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge of the financing and sustainability of hydropower dams. The video is simple, practically explaining the different finance models that can be used and their strengths and weaknesses. It is 11 minutes of essential viewing for anyone wanting to (quickly and painlessly) transform their understanding of the possibility of sustainably financing future dams.

Professor David Hulme

Executive Director, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester

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