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Inventory of visualized hydropower plants in the upper Indus basin

Updated Date: 1/5/2024 10:49:07 AM

This database was compiled under WP-2 of the SustainIndus project between August 2019 and August 2021 to consolidate publicly available information on hydropower projects in various stages of development in the upper Indus basin in national and global datasets. The database is developed with the objective of quantifying and characterizing the visualised hydropower potential which is defined as the total potential of existing and future hydropower plants that are have been envisioned in publicly available national documents. Future hydropower plants entail plants that may be under construction, planned plants in other stages of development or raw plants that have been shortlisted by government studies but may not have clarity on if and when they will materialize. The effort manually validated the quality of four parameters: geo-reference (latitude-longitude), development status, plant capacity and annual energy generation. Many other plant parameters found in the review have also been consolidated for future use here.

Inventory of visualized hydropower plants in the upper Indus basin
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Purpose This inventory shows the status of hydropower development in the upper Indus based on national plans in the riparian countries. It provides a basis for evaluating sustainability of hydropower development plans and policies.
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 2024-01-05T10:49:07
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Name Sanita Dhaubanjar Email sdhauban@gmail.com
Organization Name ICIMOD, Uterecht University Voice
Position name PhD Fellow Address Nepal
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Title Inventory of visualized hydropower plants in the upper Indus basin
Date 2023-11-20
Date Type publication
Abstract This database was compiled under WP-2 of the SustainIndus project between August 2019 and August 2021 to consolidate publicly available information on hydropower projects in various stages of development in the upper Indus basin in national and global datasets. The database is developed with the objective of quantifying and characterizing the visualised hydropower potential which is defined as the total potential of existing and future hydropower plants that are have been envisioned in publicly available national documents. Future hydropower plants entail plants that may be under construction, planned plants in other stages of development or raw plants that have been shortlisted by government studies but may not have clarity on if and when they will materialize. The effort manually validated the quality of four parameters: geo-reference (latitude-longitude), development status, plant capacity and annual energy generation. Many other plant parameters found in the review have also been consolidated for future use here.
Purpose This inventory shows the status of hydropower development in the upper Indus based on national plans in the riparian countries. It provides a basis for evaluating sustainability of hydropower development plans and policies.
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Name Sanita Dhaubanjar Email sdhauban@gmail.com
Organization Name ICIMOD, Utrecht University Voice 009779808053898
Position name PhD Fellow Address
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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). Inventory of visualized hydropower plants in the upper Indus basin [Data set]. ICIMOD, Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.1973705. The associated paper for viewing and citation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122372
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