Implications for planning of hydroelectric projects in Northeast India: an analysis of the impacts of the Tipaimukh project

Choudhury, Nazrana Begam; Choudhury, Soma Roy Dey

doi:10.1007/s10708-020-10158-8

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“…However, the scope of this paper is limited to the bottom‐up vulnerability analysis and assessment of the SDGs of the BHGP qualitatively. Nevertheless, we have found several scientific analyses such as life cycle assessment (Aung et al, 2020; Gemechu & Kumar, 2022), environmental and social impact assessment (An et al, 2020; Niță et al, 2023); economic analysis (Choudhury & Dey Choudhury, 2021; Kumar & Saini, 2022); multi‐criteria decision analysis (Liu et al, 2022; Zhang et al, 2021) and risk assessment (Bradford, 2022; El Baradei et al, 2022), among others in contemporary literature that can be carried out for the BGHP as a continuation of this research to objectively quantify potential benefits of the project on the overall society. This information could be meaningful in making informed decisions at the policy level for sustainable development of Nepal.…”

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Attaining multiple sustainable development goals through storage hydropower development amidst community vulnerabilities

Bhattarai

Devkota

Maraseni

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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Every energy generation technology, including hydropower, has its own strengths and shortcomings. We carried out vulnerability assessment (VA) applying a bottom‐up multi‐disciplinary indicator‐based method considering people's perception of five dimensions of a storage type (ST) “national pride” hydropower project–1200 MW Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project (BGHP) in Nepal. We also examined how ST projects can contribute to sustainable development goals (SDGs) overcoming the vulnerabilities. Primary data on people's perception were collected through focus group discussions and 200 household questionnaire surveys conducted within the most vulnerable areas. People perceived the “Physical” dimension as the most impactful. The local community is optimistic about some infrastructure development, but issues related to compensation, resettlement and physical stressors were found to be very sensitive for the effective implementation of the project. Expectations of the local people and proposed plans by the government are concurrent in some issues but not in all. Our analysis shows that the BGHP has the potential to be multi‐dimensionally beneficial (to eight SDGs) for Nepal, provided that supportive policies are formulated and implemented stringently. Extending the project as multi‐purpose, pumped storage and other improvements such as floatovoltaics are some of the plausible recommendations for harnessing maximum benefits from this important project while minimizing threats. Moreover, the methodological framework can be conveniently replicated for conducting VA of hydropower projects under comparable physical and socio‐economic conditions.

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Attaining multiple sustainable development goals through storage hydropower development amidst community vulnerabilities

Bhattarai

Devkota

Maraseni

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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“…As shown in Table 2 and IPCC concepts, the selection of SSP2, SSP4, and SSP5 are because the characteristics are based on the capital cost, which serves as a key factor in siting and construction of facilities. On the other hand, they chose scenarios where population growth is high in developing countries [49], [50]. In contrast, the pathways SSP1 and SPP3 on the Sixth Assessment Report are little evaluated by the complication of joining other models, assumptions, and driving forces, for example, the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and Global Warming Levels (GWLs) [23].…”

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Hydropower Scenarios in the Face of Climate Change in Ecuador

Naranjo-Silva¹,

Punina-Guerrero²,

Rivera-González³

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Nowadays, hydropower is the principal renewable; however, climate change increases extreme events such as floods, droughts, erosion, and sedimentation of rivers that produce uncertainty in hydroelectric generation. Thus, this document aims to analyze the climate change projections in the hydropower systems of Ecuador based on data from 14 projects studying the scenarios ac-cording to the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The study period starts from 2010 to 2020 with historical data, collects the tendency, defines a database year, and then projects the scenarios to 2050. The quantitative methodology uses a statistic on Ecuador's hydropower obtained inflow time series to calculate the deviation over the last years and develop a model to simulate future generation. The results show that the hydropower in Ecuador is expected to decrease considerably through 2050 due to meteorological changes. In this calculation of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, the selected scenarios show a reduction in SSP5 of 11.5%, SP2 of 16.2%, and SSP4 of 18.2% to 2050, concluding that the oppor-tunities for hydroelectric production facing climate change are variable, but the challenges are broad. In Ecuador, the projections of hydropower plants represent a sensitive issue of their re-ductions, especially knowing that the country had an energy grid in 2020 that depended on 87% of hydroelectric production.

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“…According to UNEP [15], benefit sharing is part of the impact assessment strategies of hydropower plants. Impact assessment considers the participation of interest groups, which has given important results in the evaluation of social impact and is a structural basis of the shared benefit sought with the use of this technology [16,17]. Environmental management plans are increasingly consolidated as tools [18] that are integrated with the social aspect in such a way that they contribute to compliance with the sector's development policies and the regulations of each country [15].…”

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Good living of communities and sustainability of the hydropower business: mapping an operational framework for benefit sharing

2021

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The negative impact of hydropower companies is cushioned frequently through compensation that is proportional neither to the needs of communities nor to the energy business. Considering the dependence of hydropower on the environment, it is unclear how the good living of communities can be combined with the long-term sustainability of power companies. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to establish a benefit sharing scheme between hydropower companies and local communities. We conducted a systematic literature review using a sequential mixed-method approach. In the first stage, we performed a quantitative bibliometric analysis, and its results, described in Model 1.0, were the basis of the second stage. Consequently, in the second stage, we conducted a content analysis of 40 documents to enrich the previous version of the model in Framework 2.0. After completing both the methodological stages, we prepared a theoretical operational framework for benefit sharing based on collaborative governance that assigned different specific weights for companies and local communities. Equal benefit sharing is the result of an adaptive process that depends on (1) the performance of companies, (2) the level of empowerment of communities and (3) the state’s capacity to intervene in setting rules of engagement that help reduce power asymmetries between companies and the society.

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Implications for planning of hydroelectric projects in Northeast India: an analysis of the impacts of the Tipaimukh project

Cited by 11 publications

References 37 publications

Attaining multiple sustainable development goals through storage hydropower development amidst community vulnerabilities

Attaining multiple sustainable development goals through storage hydropower development amidst community vulnerabilities

Hydropower Scenarios in the Face of Climate Change in Ecuador

Good living of communities and sustainability of the hydropower business: mapping an operational framework for benefit sharing

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