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Task 16 has recentlky published White Paper No. 1 “Overview and major needs for identifying and acting on Hidden and Untapped Hydropower Opportunities at Existing Infrastructure”. The full paper can be downloaded here.

According to IEA studies, global hydropower deployment is too slow to achieve necessary greenhouse gas emission targets. Discussions with IEA, IHA, World Bank and other stakeolders around the 42nd Executive Comittee meeting held in Washington DC have lead to the publication of a Communiqué explaining the need for more rapid global hydropower deployment. The Communiqué can be...

Annex IX has published its latest report, Role and Challenges of Pumped Storage Hydropower Under Mass Integration of Variable Renewable Energy. The report looks at  power adjustment by PSHP in Europe, the USA, and Japan under mass integration of variable renewable energy, covering the role of PSHP,  the current status of PSHP business and...

Annex IX has released two documents focusing on hydropower's role in valuing flexibility in evolving energy markets: a comprehensive Technical Report including case studies and survey results from a range of  markets, and an Executive Summary presented as a White Paper with key findings and recommendations for policy makers. More about Annex IX here..

An third online meeting of the Joint Annex IX and XII task force was held on 24 Septembert 2020, with almost 50 participants representing 18 countries or organisations. Read the meeting notes here...