In September 2008, the government signed a 35-year concession with Verbund (Austria’s largest electricity company) to build and operate a new hydropower plant. Over a threeyear period, the project mobilized $262 million in private investment, increased Albania’s power generation capacity by 53 megawatts, and delivered improved services for 170,000 people. Construction of the plant began in January 2010 and became fully operational in March 2013.

Since 2009 Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) has supported Guyana's efforts for protecting its rainforest from exploitation and degradation and for changing its currently oil fuelled electricity sector to emission-free power generation.

The Land Acquisition and Compensation Plan–Transmission Line (LACP-T/L) guides the Project on how to implement Land Acquisition and corresponding Compensation of Project Affected People (PAPs) along national and international standards, following the procedures developed in the Project’s Resettlement and Ethnic Development Plan (REDP).

The 102 MW Gulpur Hydropower Plant is the third independent power producer in Pakistan. Pakistan has been developing an increasing number of hydropower projects to fully tap in to its 60,000 megawatt hydropower potential.

Hydroelectricity is the second source of electricity production behind nuclear power and the leading source of renewable electricity in France. This sector is important for the electricity system in several ways, particularly in terms of network balance and security. France is historically well equipped with a significant development of hydroelectric works from the beginning and throughout the twentieth century. The current stake for the State is to ensure the modernization and the compatibility of the park with the increased requirements of safety and environment on the one hand, and to al

Key features of the Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) for the Xayaburi Dam Project:

• Regulatory risk – the project company assumes the responsibility for obtaining all the necessary approvals and consents required from Laotian authorities for the project. EGAT only assumes limited responsibility for obtaining required regulatory approvals and consents.

A sample implementation agreement relating to hydro-electric power generation complex in Pakistan

A standard Energy Purchase Agreement for small hydro (Upfront-tariff) project.