Figure 1. Water reservoir on a hydroelectric power plant in the Upper Marsyangdi valley, Nepal.
Simon Trace, Energy and Economic Growth (EEG), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK, weighs up the hydropower potential of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, looking at the capacity for growth as well as the challenges the industry faces.
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flexible, cost-efficient, clean, and low-carbon source of energy, hydropower could be one of the key solutions for improving energy access and meeting growing energy demands across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia – especially if the electricity generated is traded between countries in these regions. However, hydropower faces significant challenges, including being particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and being associated
