Hydropower potential in the upper Indus basin under future hydro-climatology

Updated Date: 1/5/2024 10:55:13 AM

The hydropower potential in the upper Indus basin under future hydro-climatology was prepared using the Hydropower Potential Exploration (HyPE) as part of Work Package 2 in the SustainIndus project. Under future hydro-climatology, the HyPE model was run to explore theoretical potential followed by technical, financial and sustainable potential under policy assumptions for the mixed energy focus scenarios and risk-averse geo-hazard risk representation. In total, 72 future scenarios are considered combining CMIP6 model ensembles for 2 future time horizons (Mid: 2036-2065, Far: 2066-2095), 3 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 4.5, 7.0 and 8.5), 4 corner Global Climate Models for each RCP (Cold Dry, Cold Wet, Warm Dry, Warm Wet) and 3 Hydropower Potential classes (Technical, financial and sustainable).

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Purpose	The dataset shows the change in theoretical, technical, financial and sustainable hydropower potential available for exploitation under future hydro-climatology. They provide a basis for considering climate resilience in plans and policies for sustainable hydropower development.
Descriptive Keyword	future hydropower potential, sustainable hydropower, historical hydrology, theoretical potential, technical potential, financial potential, sustainable potential, climate change (theme) Upper Indus, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Kabul, Swat, Indus Main, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Satluj (place)

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Date	2024-01-05T10:55:13
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Name	Sanita Dhaubanjar	Email	sdhauban@gmail.com
Organization Name	ICIMOD, Uterecht University	Voice
Position name	PhD Fellow	Address	Nepal
Role	author

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Title	Hydropower potential in the upper Indus basin under future hydro-climatology
Date	2023-11-20
Date Type	publication
Abstract	The hydropower potential in the upper Indus basin under future hydro-climatology was prepared using the Hydropower Potential Exploration (HyPE) as part of Work Package 2 in the SustainIndus project. Under future hydro-climatology, the HyPE model was run to explore theoretical potential followed by technical, financial and sustainable potential under policy assumptions for the mixed energy focus scenarios and risk-averse geo-hazard risk representation. In total, 72 future scenarios are considered combining CMIP6 model ensembles for 2 future time horizons (Mid: 2036-2065, Far: 2066-2095), 3 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 4.5, 7.0 and 8.5), 4 corner Global Climate Models for each RCP (Cold Dry, Cold Wet, Warm Dry, Warm Wet) and 3 Hydropower Potential classes (Technical, financial and sustainable).
Purpose	The dataset shows the change in theoretical, technical, financial and sustainable hydropower potential available for exploitation under future hydro-climatology. They provide a basis for considering climate resilience in plans and policies for sustainable hydropower development.
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Cited Responsible Parties
Name	Sanita Dhaubanjar	Email	sdhauban@gmail.com
Organization Name	ICIMOD, Utrecht University	Voice	009779808053898
Position name	PhD Fellow	Address
Role	author

Geographic Extent
Geographic Extent East	82.4489	Geographic Extent West	67.5485
Geographic Extent North	37.0838	Geographic Extent South	30.3234

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Use Limitation	Made available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC-BY 4.0). Suggested citation: Dhaubanjar, S. (2023). Hydropower potential in the upper Indus basin under future hydro-climatology [Data set]. ICIMOD, Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.1973697. The associated paper for viewing and citation: https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1256249
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Email	metadata@icimod.org	Organization Name	ICIMOD
Voice	977-1-5275222	Position name
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Online Resource	Indus Knowledge Partnership Platform (IKPP)
Online Resource	SustainIndus

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Hydropower potential in the upper Indus basin under future hydro-climatology