Title
Open Hydro Proof of Concept

CoPED ID
a2828798-cb01-4e03-907d-dc14f5389272

Status
Active

Funder

Value
£40,500

Start Date
Nov. 1, 2022

End Date
Jan. 31, 2023

Description

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Net-zero targets are at enormous risk because hydropower is growing at 1/3 the speed needed to reach our 1.5ºC target to limit global warming. Despite being the largest generator of all renewables at almost 70%, most hydropower development fails to secure climate finance. Only 2% of private capital for renewables flows to the sector. This is because hydropower developers and operators are failing to provide financiers with compelling financial files, particularly regarding GHG emissions and climate change risks.

Open Hydro is building a platform for hydropower owners and developers to automate our deep-sector knowledge on carbon emissions and climate change impacts at hydropower projects, and plan how to improve hydropower assets' emissions and resilience. In this way, we resolve investors' concerns that delay the approval of files, reduce the time to make these approvals, and this in turn unlocks new energy capacity at existing and planned utilities.

Open Hydro is the much-needed automated solution to ramp up capital flows to hydropower development to meet our 2050 targets.

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Subjects by relevance
  1. Climate changes
  2. Water power
  3. Emissions
  4. Greenhouse gases
  5. Climate
  6. Climate policy
  7. Decrease (active)
  8. Sustainable development
  9. Hydroelectric power stations
  10. Warming
  11. Climate protection
  12. Risks

Extracted key phrases
  1. Hydro Proof
  2. Hydropower developer
  3. Open Hydro
  4. Hydropower owner
  5. Hydropower project
  6. Hydropower asset
  7. Climate change risk
  8. 1.5ºC target
  9. Climate change impact
  10. Enormous risk
  11. Capital flow
  12. Climate finance
  13. Carbon emission
  14. GHG emission
  15. Compelling financial file

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