Integrated Modeling Technology - Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Return on Hydro

摘要

This overview has put forward the case for balanced sustainability- pushing the envelope to propose solutions that offer the best possible path forward, improve resource efficiency and improve return on investment. Design is clearly a critical part, but this can only be informed by the availability of effective estimates for a project. Climate conditions have introduced greater uncertainty into this task and have necessitated it further. Hydropower has unique characteristics among power generation assets: the lifetime of hydropower plants (generally over 100 years) exceeds by far the financial payback period of roughly 10 to 30 years. This means that such an investment will create significant wealth for a company, a country and its inhabitants for decades. That's the essence of sustainability: providing future generations with assets instead of liabilities. That long-term benefit is only possible if correct inflow estimates make investment possible and profitable.