IEA Implementing Agreement For Hydropower Technologies & Programmes
Overview of Annex II Small Hydro Hidroenergia 2008 Bled, Slovenia June 13, 2008 Kearon Bennett, OEL-HydroSys Inc. Annex II Operating Agent and Secretary
Ongoing Annexes:
Annex II – Small Hydro Participants: Members - Canada, Finland, France, Japan, Norway
Associate Members: - Brazil, China, ESHA, Brazil Operating Agent/Secretary: - Kearon Bennett, Canada
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Annex II – Small Hydro cont’d. Annex Tasks A. GENERAL A1- World-wide Small Hydro Information and Technology Exchange (Web site) – Led by Canada A2 - Lessons/Promotion/Barriers – Led by ESHA A3 - Government policies and experience – what works and what doesn’t – Led by Annex II Secretary A4 - Joint Annual IEA Small Hydro Annex II/ Natural Resources Canada Workshops – Led by Canada Hidroenergia 2008, Bled, Slovenia, June 13, 2008
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Annex II – Small Hydro cont’d. B) TECHNICAL TASKS B1 - Small-hydro Environmental Policies and successful mitigation measures – Led by ESHA B2 - Innovative Technologies and applications for small, mini and micro hydro – Led by Japan B4 - Energy storage (hydrogen) – Led by ESHA B5 - Computerised tools for preliminary design, assessment and equipment selection – Led by Canada B6 - Successful rehabilitation / upgrading / modernising of existing small hydro plants – Led by France
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Annex II – Small Hydro cont’d. Small-Hydro Task Force
international database of small-hydro data information to facilitate development of new projects & assess the current status of the industry assessment tools & methodologies, financing, economic risk & sensitivity analysis and more ……. emphasis on projects of > 50 kW and <10MW installed capacity
Websites: www.ieahydro.org/annex2.htm www.small-hydro.com/ Hidroenergia 2008, Bled, Slovenia, June 13, 2008
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Annex II – Small Hydro cont’d.
Annex II Reports are also available on www.ieahydro.org
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Annex II – Small Hydro cont’d.
Next Small Hydro Workshop at Hydrovision 15 July 2008 Sacramento, Ca. See http://www.hcipub.com/hydrovision/activities.asp Hidroenergia 2008, Bled, Slovenia, June 13, 2008
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Thankyou
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