Sustainable Hydroelectric Dam Management in the Context of Climate Change: Case of the Taabo Dam in Côte D’Ivoire, West Africa

Mortey, Eric Mensah; Kouassı, Kouakou Lazare; Diedhiou, Arona; Anquetin, Sandrine; Genoud, Mathieu; Hingray, B.; Kouame, Didier Guy Marcel

doi:10.3390/su11184846

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“…Irrigation water needs are projected to increase by 15% to 30% depending on the basins by 2050 as well 63,64 . The decrease in river discharge and the increase in evapotranspiration associated with global warming could pose a severe threat to hydropower [65][66][67] . The development of infrastructure in river basins often involves trading off competing objectives in an uncertain environment with many transboundary and nexus issues that need to be well integrated and managed accordingly 66,67 .…”

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Low-cost adaptation options to support green growth in agriculture, water resources, and coastal zones

Salack¹,

Sanfo

Sidibé

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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The regional climate as it is now and in the future will put pressure on investments in sub-Saharan Africa in water resource management, fisheries, and other crop and livestock production systems. Changes in oceanic characteristics across the Atlantic Ocean will result in remarkable vulnerability of coastal ecology, littorals, and mangroves in the middle of the twenty-first century and beyond. In line with the countries' objectives of creating a green economy that allows reduced greenhouse gas emissions, improved resource efficiency, and prevention of biodiversity loss, we identify the most pressing needs for adaptation and the best adaptation choices that are also clean and affordable. According to empirical data from the field and customized model simulation designs, the cost of these adaptation measures will likely decrease and benefit sustainable green growth in agriculture, water resource management, and coastal ecosystems, as hydroclimatic hazards such as pluviometric and thermal extremes become more common in West Africa. Most of these adaptation options are local and need to be scaled up and operationalized for sustainable development. Governmental sovereign wealth funds, investments from the private sector, and funding from global climate funds can be used to operationalize these adaptation measures. Effective legislation, knowledge transfer, and pertinent collaborations are necessary for their success.

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Low-cost adaptation options to support green growth in agriculture, water resources, and coastal zones

Salack¹,

Sanfo

Sidibé

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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“…However, various authors documented shortcomings of the existing studies on the topic, including the lack of standardization (Tahseen and Karney, 2017), the bias towards global aspects due to limited use of local metrics (Mortey et al, 2019), the unavailability of data (Nautiyal and Goel, 2020), and the inadequate description of some impacts (Nautiyal and Goel, 2020). The established frameworks for the sustainability assessment of the HP sector also present limitations.…”

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Environmental reporting in the hydropower sector: analysis of EMAS registered hydropower companies in Italy

Comoglio

Castelluccio

Fiore

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Hydropower (HP) is a key source of renewable energy, but also poses significant environmental challenges, including habitat fragmentation, hydropeaking and perturbations of flow and sediment regime. This study analyzed how Italian companies managing HP plants, and registered to the European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in 2022, evaluated their sustainability and publicly disclosed related data. The analysis was based on the environmental statements (ESs) of 206 hydropower plants (29% of Italian HP production in 2019). The applied methodology involved an inventory of the plants and their categorization about technical features and the reporting of technical, environmental, and social aspects. The results of the analysis revealed that the companies rarely described the environmental state of the site, even less frequently adopting quantitative indicators. “Soil contamination”, “biodiversity”, “waste production”, “risk of environmental accidents”, “water pollution and flow management”, and “noise emissions” were the aspects considered most significant. No correlation was found among the significance of an aspect, the number of indicators used to describe the associated impacts, and the number of objectives set for reducing those impacts. “Biodiversity” was mostly described through irrelevant indicators (i.e., total site area) and 76% of the allocated budget was assigned to technical aspects without a clear connection with any environmental improvement. In particular, the specific impacts on the aquatic ecosystems were scarcely reported, mitigation measures were rarely mentioned and with few details. In conclusion, the results of the study highlight the need for specific guidelines, directed to the HP sector, for effectively reporting the environmental performances and the effectiveness of the adopted Environmental Management Systems, while providing valuable information to policymakers and researchers.

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“…Sustainability development is defined as 'the development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs' (Wang et al 2009, Demirtas 2013, Mortey et al 2019. Sustainability issues and human activities are closely related to energy use.…”

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Sustainability assessment of energy supply scenarios: case study of Mali

Mariko,

Sanogo,

Adamou

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Mali is endowed with significant untapped renewable energy potentials paradoxically the country is identified as an energy-poor nation characterized by very high dependency on imports of petroleum products and heavy reliance on biomass (wood-fuel and charcoal). Access to electricity remains very low, with significant disparities across urban and rural remote areas. The gap between the electricity demand and supply keeps increasing yearly, and power shortages get frequent and longer, especially during dry periods from March to June. The energy demand increase, due to of population grow and rapid urbanization (causing more use of fossil fuels resources in the energy mix) bears the unsustainability of the country’s current energy supply. The challenge for the country is then to meet this growing energy demand with a sustainable energy supply system. In the present work, Analytical Hierarchy Process technique is applied to perform Multicriteria Decision Making analysis to identify and assess the most sustainable long-term energy supply options in Mali considering technical, environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The current situation and five alternatives of energy supply based on the country's current and future energy supply and climate change policies are proposed for assessment. Results show that the highest priority indicators by stakeholders’ survey are under economical dimension followed by the technical ones. The best scenario considers deploying renewable energy to up to 42% of the energy mix as the sustainable option for energy supply. Adopting such scenario requires measures as a strong political will to subsidize renewable energy equipment in order to make them affordable and also policies that encourage the use of renewable energy (such as lower taxes and duties). The suggested framework gives decision-makers, authorities, practitioners, and researches an effective tool for the country future energy planning.

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Sustainable Hydroelectric Dam Management in the Context of Climate Change: Case of the Taabo Dam in Côte D’Ivoire, West Africa

Cited by 7 publications

References 48 publications

Low-cost adaptation options to support green growth in agriculture, water resources, and coastal zones

Low-cost adaptation options to support green growth in agriculture, water resources, and coastal zones

Environmental reporting in the hydropower sector: analysis of EMAS registered hydropower companies in Italy

Sustainability assessment of energy supply scenarios: case study of Mali

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