Day one in pictures: 2017 World Hydropower Congress
The 2017 World Hydropower got under way at the United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday 9 May.
A geospatial assessment of small-scale hydropower potential in Sub-Saharan Africa
Alexandros Korkovelos is a winner of the 2017 IHA Young Researcher of the Year award.
Strategic planning of hydropower portfolios minimises dam sediment trapping and maximises economic benefits in large river basins
Rafael Schmitt is a winner of the 2017 IHA Young Researcher of the Year award.
A new modelling framework for assessing hydropower’s GHG footprint
Sara Mercier-Blais is a winner of the 2017 IHA Young Researcher of the Year award.
Meeting global challenges while maximising values of river and energy
At the 2015 World Hydropower Congress, The Nature Conservancy promoted the potential for sustainable hydropower – particularly through system-scale approaches to planning and man
Interview: Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
On her first day in office in Addis Ababa, we spoke to Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, the new African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, about her vision for
Five-step guide to standing in the 2017 IHA Board elections
Nominations are now open for the 2017 IHA Board elections, which take place between June and August this year.
Interview: Uwe Wehnhardt, Voith Hydro
Uwe Wehnhardt is president and the chief executive officer of Voith Hydro, having taking up the role in January 2016.
2017 Key Trends in Hydropower: watch the webinar recording
In March 2017, the International Hydropower Association published 2017 Key Trends in Hydropower, a briefing that reveals new data on hydropower capacity commissioned in 2016, and analyses the most
How can the hydropower sector and the Red Cross work together to protect flood-prone communities?
The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre has developed an innovative mechanism to predict and prepare for flood risks, which was pres
31.5 GW new hydropower capacity commissioned worldwide in 2016, pumped storage development accelerates
31.5 GW of new hydropower capacity was commissioned in 2016, according to estimates in our new briefing, 2017 Key Tre
Video: H.E. Elham Ibrahim on discussions at the World Hydropower Congress
H.E. Elham Ibrahim is the African Union Commissioner for Energy and Infrastructure.