Hydropower Investment and Public-Private Ecosystem Assessment

Technical Report · Fri Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2324600· OSTI ID:2324600

Stark, Greg  ^[1]; Greco, Tessa ^[1]; Levine, Aaron  ^[1]; Ingram, Michael  ^[1]; Cohen, Stuart ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) commissioned this Report to evaluate the primary challenges in raising investment in medium-sized hydropower and PSH, defined as projects with five (5) to 30 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, and to understand potential opportunities to increase mobilization of private sector investment in hydropower and PSH projects in the future. Based on stakeholder interviews, a market survey, and industry reports, this Report considers the investment and development trends and future opportunities for five hydropower project types: capacity additions, conduits, PSH (both open and closed loop), non-powered dams (NPDs), and new stream-reach development (NSD).

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 2324600
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-5700-87470; MainId:88245; UUID:b99ff730-5eda-406a-93c4-6eed843d4e4b; MainAdminId:72085
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY,HYDRO ENERGY
hydropower
investment incentives analysis
market analysis
pumped storage hydropower