International Hydropower Association Archives

100% Renewable Energy Primer + COP 19 100% Renewable Energy Side Event

November 1st, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan

Originally published on Planetsave. At the United Nations’ upcoming COP 19 event in Warsaw, the REN Alliance is scheduled to “introduce

A Chinese Hydropower Scorecard Does Not Fill the Accountability Gap

September 23rd, 2011 | by Zachary Hurwitz

The International Hydropower Association launched its non-binding sustainability guidelines scorecard in Beijing today, hoping to attract Chinese dam builders to what is turning out to be the world's latest industry-led greenwash. Yet, the scorecard, called the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP), may do little to fill the accountability gap that exists between country regulatory systems. The HSAP makes no requirement of developers to comply with national and international legislation

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The Hydropower Industry Needs Standards, not Scorecards, to be Sustainable

June 22nd, 2011 | by Zachary Hurwitz

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) just launched the "Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol" at its bi-yearly Congress in the town of Foz do Iguaçú, Brazil, last week. The Protocol is in reality only a scorecard that rewards hydropower companies and financiers with a greenwashed stamp of approval; it does not represent a true step towards the actual practice of sustainability in the sector