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RENEWABLES 2014 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT

160 ENDNOTES 02 MARKET AND INDUSTRY TRENDS – HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER 1 Last year’s GSR reported a total of 990 GW, but that figure has been revised downward by 30 GW based on input from the International Hydropower Association (IHA) Hydropower Database, personal communication with REN21, March 2014; from preliminary estimates in International Energy Agency (IEA), Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2014 (Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)/IEA, forthcoming 2014); and from Hydropower Equipment Association (HEA) Database, based on its members’ aggregated input, personal communication with REN21, April 2014. 2 Based on input from IHA, personal communication with REN21, April 2014; from IEA, op. cit. note 1; and from a projection based on 2012 hydropower output of 3,673 TWh from BP, Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 (London: June 2013), as well as observed average year-on-year change in output (+2.8%) for top producing countries (China, Brazil, Canada, the United States, the European Union-27, Russia, India, and Norway), which together accounted for over 70% of global hydropower output. 3 Country data from the following sources: China: China Electricity Council (CEC), summary of electricity supply and demand from CEC’s 2014 Annual Report, http://www.cec.org.cn/guihuayutongji/ gongxufenxi/dianligongxufenxi/2014-02-25/117272.html; Shi Pengfei, China Wind Energy Association, personal communication with REN21, 12 March 2014; Brazil: 1,533 MW (264 MW small hydro and 1,264 MW large hydro) added in 2013, per National Agency for Electrical Energy (ANEEL), “Fiscalização dos serviços de geração,” February 2013, http://www.aneel.gov.br/area. cfm?idArea=37; large hydro capacity is listed as 81.093 GW at end-2013 and small hydro at 4.656 GW, for a total of 85,749 MW; generation from National Electrical System Operator of Brazil (ONS), “Geração de Energia,” http://www.ons.org.br/historico/ geracao_energia.aspx; United States: 2012 capacity from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electric Power Annual, Table 4.3 Existing Capacity by Energy Source, http://www.eia. gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_04_03.html; projected net additions in 2013 of 201 MW from idem, Table 4.5 Planned Generating Capacity Changes by Energy Source, 2013-2017, http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_04_05.html; generation from EIA, Electric Power Monthly, February 2014, Table 1.1, http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly; Canada: Canadian Hydropower Association, communication with REN21, February 2014; HEA Database, op. cit. note 1; generation from Statistics Canada, “Table 127-0002 Electric Power Generation, by class of electricity producer,” http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim; Russia: capacity and generation from System Operator of the Unified Energy System of Russia, Report on the Unified Energy System in 2013 (Moscow: undated), http://www.so-ups.ru/ fileadmin/files/company/reports/disclosure/2014/ups_rep2013. pdf; India: installed capacity in 2013 (units larger than 25 MW) of 39,893.4 MW from Government of India, Ministry of Power, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), “Installed capacity as of 31 December 2013,” http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/monthly/ inst_capacity/dec13.pdf, and idem, “List of H.E. Stations in the Country with Station Capacity Above 25 MW,” http://www.cea. nic.in/reports/hydro/list_he__stations.pdf; capacity additions in 2013 (>25 MW) of 554 MW from CEA, “Executive Summary of the Power Sector (monthly),” http://www.cea.nic.in/exesum_cood. html; installed capacity in 2013 (<25 MW) of 3,763.15 MW from Government of India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), “Physical Progress (Achievements),” http://www.mnre. gov.in/mission-and-vision-2/achievements/, viewed 18 January 2014; capacity additions in 2013 (<25 MW) of 267 MW based on difference of year-end 2013 figure (above) and year-end 2012 figure (3,496.15 MW) from MNRE, Annual Report 2012-2013 (New Delhi: undated), Table 3.7, http://www.mnre.gov.in/mission- and-vision-2/publications/annual-report-2; generation for plants larger than 25 MW from CEA, “Executive Summary of the Power Sector (monthly),” op. cit. this note, and output from hydropower plants smaller than 25 MW estimated, based on capacity from MNRE, Annual Report 2012-2013, op. cit. this note and on average capacity factor for large hydropower facilities in India; Norway: capacity of 29.3 GW from Seming Skau, Senior Engineer, Section for Resources, Energy Department, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, via IHA Hydropower Database, personal communication with REN21, February 2014; generation from Statistics Norway, http://www.ssb.no/en. Figure 10 based on capacity and generation sources provided in this note. 4 Sources indicate total global pumped storage capacity in the range of 135–140 GW. In addition to government sources noted elsewhere, global and national capacity values based on input from IHA Hydropower Database, op. cit. note 2; from IEA, op. cit. note 1; and from HEA Database, op. cit. note 1. 5 China, Brazil, India, and Russia from relevant sources in Endnote 3. Other countries from the following sources: Turkey: capacity was 19,609.4 MW at the end of 2012 and 22,493.6 MW by 31 January 2014, from Dr. Öztürk Selvitop, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Republic of Turkey, “Hydropower in Turkish Energy Sector,” presentation, Ankara, 4 March 2014, http://suyonetimi.ormansu.gov.tr/Libraries/su/Hydropower_in_ Turkish_Energy_Sector.sflb.ashx. See also Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, capacity projections, http://www.teias. gov.tr/YayinRapor/APK/projeksiyon/KapasiteProjeksiyonu2013. docx; Vietnam: late 2013 capacity from Do Duc Quan, director, Hydropower Department, General Department of Energy, “Policies on Sustainable Hydropower Development in Vietnam, presentation, Second Mekong River Commission Summit and International Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, 2–5 April 2014, http://www.mrcsummit.org/presentations/track2/1.2-d-policy- for-sustainable-dev-ofhydro-QuanDoDuc.pdf; 2012 year-end capacity of 12.95 GW from National Electricity Center of Vietnam, http://www.nldc.evn.vn/News/7/661/Bao-cao-tong-ket- nam-2012.aspx. Figure 11 based on capacity sources provided in this endnote and in Endnote 3. 6 China Three Gorges Corporation, “The Twelfth Generating Unit was Installed in the Xiluodu Hydropower Station with the Total Installed Capacity Reaching 9240 MW,” http://www.ctgpc.com/ news/news1.php?NewsId=80194; “China’s 13.86-GW Xiluodu hydropower plant begins commercial operation, Hydro World, 17 July 2013, http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2013/07/ china-s-13-86-gw-xiluodu-hydrpower-plant-begins-commercial- operation.html. 7 Alstom, “Alstom commissions world’s most powerful hydroelectric units at Xiangjiaba hydro power plant, in China,” press release (Levallois-Perret Cedex: 21 July 2013), http://www.alstom.com/ press-centre/2013/7/alstom-commissions-worlds-most-powerful- hydroelectric-units-at-xiangjiaba-hydro-power-plant-in-china/. 8 China Electricity Council, Planning and Statistics Department, “2013 National Electricity Industry Statistics,” 26 January 2014, http://www.cec.org.cn/guihuayutongji/tongjxinxi/ yuedushuju/2014-01-26/116224.html (using Google Translate). This figure may include investment in pumped storage. 9 Recent examples include China Exim financing the expansion by Sinohydro of Zimbabwe’s Kariba plant, Sinohydro and Chinese National Electric Engineering contract for Nigeria’s Zungeru station, and Dongfang recently delivering the Allai Khwar project in Pakistan with more projects pending. “China lends Zimbabwe $319 million for Kariba hydropower upgrade,” Times Live, 11 November 2013, http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2013/11/11/ china-lends-zimbabwe-319-million-for-kariba-hydropower- upgrade; “Sinohydro Corp and CNEEC commence construction on 700MW hydro plant,” Power Insider, 29 May 2013, http:// www.pimagazine-asia.com/news/other-news/sinohydro-corp- and-cneec-commence-construction-on-700mw-hydro-plant; “Sino Hydro and ZPC sign on for Kariba hydroelectric power project upgrade,” Hydro World, 27 December 2012, http:// www.hydroworld.com/articles/2012/12/sino-hydro-and-zpc- sign-on-for-kariba-hydroelectric-power-project-upgrade.html; “Chinese company hands over Allai Khwar power project to WAPDA,” Pak Tribune, 8 October 2013, http://paktribune.com/ business/news/Chinese-company-hands-over-Allai-Khwar- power-project-to-WAPDA-11655.html; “Fourth Tarbela Extension Hydropower Project: Wapda, Sinohydro ink agreement,” Business Reporter, 10 September 2013, http://www.brecorder.com/ fuel-a-energy/193/1229536. 10 Capacity was 19,609.4 MW at the end of 2012 and 22,493.6 MW by 31 January 2014, from Selvitop, op. cit. note 5; installed capacity in 2012 was 19,609.4 MW, from Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, op. cit. note 5, Table 12. 11 Ibid. 12 The lower added-capacity figure of 1.53 GW and total capacity from ANEEL, “Fiscalização dos serviços de geração,” updated February 2014, http://www.aneel.gov.br/arquivos/zip/Resumo_ Geral_das_Usinas_fev_2014.zip. The larger added-capacity figure of 2 GW, which may account for additional turbine- generators that were installed in 2014 but not fully commissioned or grid-connected, from HEA Database, op. cit. note 1. The HEA

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