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161 02 RENEWABLES 2014 GLOBAL STATUS REPORT database indicates that 90 GW of capacity was installed in Brazil by the end of 2014, which is about 4 GW more than government figures cited here. 13 “Reservoir filling begins at Brazil’s Simplicio hydroelectric complex,” Hydro World, 26 February 2013, http://www. hydroworld.com/articles/2013/02/reservoir-filling-begins-at- brazil-s-simplicio-hydroelectric-com.html; “Simplicio plant notable for its single drop of 115 m,” PINI Web, 10 July 2013, http://piniweb.pini.com.br/construcao/infra-estrutura/obra-da- usina-de-simplicio-se-destaca-por-queda-unica-292341-1.aspx (in Portuguese). 14 “First Hydro Turbine at 3,750-MW Jirau now in operation,” Hydro World, 11 September 2013, http://www.hydroworld.com/ articles/2013/09/first-hydro-turbine-at-3-750-mw-jirau-now-in- operation.html; “Interview: Eduardo de Melo Pinto, CEO, Santo Antonio Energia, Brazil,” Energyboardroom.com, 21 December 2013, http://www.energyboardroom.com/interviews/interview- eduardo-de-melo-pinto-ceo-santo-antonio-energia-brazil. 15 Richard Taylor, IHA, personal communication with REN21, 15 January 2014. Both are registered Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and credited for significant carbon dioxide reductions beginning in 2013, per United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, CDM, “Project Search,” http:// cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/projsearch.html. 16 Taylor, op. cit. note 15; Simon Smith, IHA, personal communication with REN21, 12 March 2014. 17 “Work OK to resume at Brazil’s 1.8-GW Teles Pires, court rules,” Hydro World, 1 October 2013, http://www.hydroworld. com/articles/2013/09/work-ok-to-resume-at-brazil-s-1-8- gw-teles-pires-court-rules.html; other notable projects under way include: Colíder (300 MW by 2015), and Ferreira Gomes (252 MW by 2015), which saw its first of three Kaplan turbines installed in early 2014. ANEEL, “Construction schedule for large hydropower facilities as of February 2014,” http://www.aneel.gov. br/arquivos/pdf/Cronograma_de_Eventos_UHE_fev_2014.pdf; “Voith Installs First Turbine Unit at Ferreira Gomes Hydropower Project,” Hydro World, 16 January 2014, http://www.hydroworld. com/articles/2014/01/voith-installs-first-turbine-unit-at-ferreira- gomes-hydropower-project.html. 18 Late 2013 capacity of 14.24 GW and 2012 capacity of 11.67 GW (increase of 2.57 GW) from Do Duc Quan, op. cit. note 5; “Hydropower potential almost fully tapped: National Assembly,” Vietnamnet, 5 November 2013, http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/ government/88389/hydropower-potential-almost-fully-tapped- -national-assembly.html; addition of 1.3 GW based on 2012 year-end capacity of 12.95 GW from National Electricity Center of Vietnam, op. cit. note 5. 19 “Vietnamese prime minister calls for improvements to country's dam safety evaluations,” Hydro World, 17 January 2013, http:// www.hydroworld.com/articles/2013/01/vietnamese-prime- minister-calls-for-improvements-to-countrys-dam.html; “Vietnam halts 18 hydropower plant projects,” Than Nien News, 8 July 2013, http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnam-halts-18- hydropower-plant-projects-1930.html. 20 Installed (>25 MW) capacity of 39,893.4 MW in 2013 from CEA, “List of H.E. Stations in the Country with Station Capacity Above 25 MW,” op. cit. note 3; 2013 capacity additions (>25 MW) of 554 MW from CEA, “Executive Summary of the Power Sector (monthly),” op. cit. note 3; 2013 capacity of small hydropower facilities of 3,763.15 MW from MNRE, “Physical Progress (Achievements),” op. cit. note 3; 2013 capacity additions (<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 2013–2013, op. cit. note 3, Table 3.7. 21 Permanent Court of Arbitration, “Court of Arbitration Renders Its Final Award in the First Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960,” press release (The Hague: 21 December 2013), http:// www.pca-cpa.org/showpage.asp?pag_id=1392. 22 Net capacity additions based on increased year-end figures from System Operator of the Unified Energy System of Russia, op. cit. note 3; see also relevant sources in note 3; gross capacity installations of 3.2 GW from HEA Database, op. cit. note 1. 23 Bui Power Authority, “President John Dramani Mahama commissions Bui Generating Station – adds 400MW to Ghana’s installed capacity,” http://www.buipowerauthority.com/ node/154; “Gabon's 160-MW Grand Poubara hydroelectric plant enters full operation,” Hydro World, 5 September 2013, http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2013/09/ gabon-s-160-mw-grand-poubara-enters-full-operation.html. 24 Sinohydro, “Business Portfolio,” http://eng.sinohydro.com/index. php?m=content&c=index&a=lists&catid=42. 25 Voith Hydro, “Voith Modernizes Generators and Turbines at Inga I Hydropower Station in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” press release (Heidenheim, Germany: 4 June 2013), http://voith.com/ en/pm_newrev-2013-05-28_inga-i_en.pdf; International Water Power and Dam Construction, “Andritz works on Inga 2 rehab,” 19 March 2012, http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/ newsandritz-works-on-inga-2-rehab. 26 Alex Abutu, “Nigeria: Kainji, Jebba Dams To Be Rehabilitated,” Daily Trust, 31 January 2013, http://allafrica.com/ stories/201301310431.html. 27 Alstom, “Alstom to supply hydroelectric equipment for the Grand Renaissance dam in Ethiopia,” press release (Levallois-Perret Cedex: 7 January 2013), http://www.alstom. com/press-centre/2013/1/alstom-to-supply-hydroelectric- equipment-for-the-grand-renaissance-dam-in-ethiopia; “The Grand Renaissance Hydroelectric Project, Ethiopia,” Power Technology, www.power-technology.com/projects/ the-grand-renaissance-hydroelectric-project. 28 World Bank, “World Bank Approves Rusumo Falls Hydropower Plant,” press release (Washington, DC: 6 August 2013), http:// www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/08/06/ world-bank-approves-rusumo-falls-hydropower-plant. 29 “Congo to commence construction of 40,000MW Inga hydro project,” renewable-technology.com, 20 May 2013, http://www. renewable-technology.com/news/newscongo-to-commence- construction-of-40000mw-inga-hydro-project. 30 Sonal Patel, “Headway for Congo’s Long-Delayed 40-GW Inga Hydro Project,” Power Magazine, 1 December 2013, http://www.powermag.com/headway-for-congos-long-delayed- 40-gw-inga-hydro-project/. 31 Installed capacity for 2013 was 28.73 GW and pumped storage addition was 1.2 GW, from CEC, op. cit. note 3. 32 Iberdrola, “HRH The Prince of Asturias and Iberdrola Chairman Dedicate Cortes-La Muela Pumped-Storage Scheme in Valencia (Spain),” press release (Bilbao, Spain: 14 October 2013), http://www.iberdrola.es/press-room/press-releases/national- international/2013/detail/press-release/131014_NP_01_LaMuela. html. 33 Fernando Perán Montero and Juan J. Pérez, “Wind-Hydro Integration: Pumped Storage to Support Wind,” Hydro World, 1 June 2009, http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/print/volume-17/ issue-3/Articles/wind-hydro-integration-pumped-storage-to- support-wind.html. 34 European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy, “The future role and challenges of Energy Storage,” DG ENER Working Paper, undated, http://ec.europa.eu/energy/infrastructure/doc/ energy-storage/2013/energy_storage.pdf. 35 Voith Hydro, Annual Report 2013 (Heidenheim, Germany: undated), p. 79; Ray Smith, “German Sun Beats Swiss Water,” Inter Press Service, 28 August 2013, http://www.ipsnews. net/2013/08/german-sun-beats-swiss-water/. 36 Eurelectric, Europe Needs Hydro Pumped Storage: Five Recommendations (Brussels: May 2012), http://www.eurelectric. org/media/27210/eurelectric_5_recomm-pumped_storage- final_draft_clean-for_upload-2012-160-0002-01-e.pdf. 37 “Bundestag Approves 3rd Amendment of German Energy Act – Offshore Liability, Shutdown Restrictions for Conventional Power Plants, and More,” German Energy Blog, 30 November 2012, http://www.germanenergyblog.de/?p=11581; stoRE, “Current situation in Germany,” http://www.store-project.eu/en_GB/ current-situation-in-the-target-countries-germany. 38 Hironao Matsubara, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Tokyo, personal communication with REN21, April 2014. 39 European Commission, op. cit. note 34. 40 “African Development Bank launches $1.26bn Kenya-Ethiopia transmission line,” Power Technology, 8 May 2013, http://www. power-technology.com/news/newsafrican-development-bank- launches-126bn-kenya-ethiopia-transmission-line-project; World Bank, “The Eastern Electricity Highway Project under the First Phase of the Eastern Africa Power Integration Program,” http://www.worldbank.org/projects/P126579/ regional-eastern-africa-power-pool-project-apl1?lang=en. 41 Jay Zarnikau et al., “Will the SIEPAC Transmission Project Lead