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Sustainability Tools in Hydropower Dev’t & Operations
www.snpower.com
RODOLFO AZANZA JR.Country Representative & Business
Development Manager, SEA
21 November 2013Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
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SN Power Key Facts
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- Established June 2002 in Norway
- Owned by Statkraft (60%) & Norfund (40%)
- Business objective: Invest in clean, renewable
energy on commercial basis in selected emerging
markets
• Net installed capacity 2013: 1,358 MW• 523 employees in twelve countries• CDM projected credit volume: ~ 2 Mt/CO2 per year
In the Philippines- 50:50 JV company SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP)
Ambuklao: 105 MW /207 GWh
Binga: 134 MW / 419 GWh
Magat: 360 MW / 940 GWh
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SN Power Company Structure
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South America Asia Agua Imara (51%)
Peru
Chile
Brazil
Zambia
Sri Lanka
India
Nepal
Panama*
* Countries without power generation
Costa Rica*
Mozambique*Philippines
Vietnam (2010)*
Singapore*
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SN Power’s Competitive Advantage
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– Long-term investment strategy
– Technical and financial strength; long Norwegian
hydropower tradition (100+ years)
– Understanding of power markets
– Demonstrated ability to sustainably execute
projects in difficult markets
Ability to manage environment, legal and
social issues
“WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND, YOU CANNOT MANAGE.”
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Time
Requirements
Regulation
Area of vacation in prison
Public Expectations
Area of living in the edge
Area of good night sleep
Area of Risk
Area of Sustainability
Sustainability tools as our global
standards
Framework
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Our Sustainability Toolbox
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SN Power CSER Group Policy mandates adherence to principles in the:
– Global Compact
– IFC E&S Performance Standards
– IHA’s HSAP
Mapped out gaps between National Requirements VS IFC’s PS
Legal compliance alone will not assure sustainability because of these gaps
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Examples of No Gaps
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Examples of Gaps
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Binga hydro plant: IHA HSAP Ver. 2006 & Ver. 2010
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O2 Governance O7 Financial Viability
O8 Project Benefits
O5 Asset Reliability & Efficiency
O1 Comm & Consultation
O6 Infrastructure Safety
O12 Labour & Working Conditions
O13 CulHeritage O11 Indigenous Peoples
O9 Project Affected Communities & LivelihoodsO3 Environmental & Social Issues Mgt.O18 Reservoir Management
O19 Downstream Flow Regimes
O15 Biodiversity and Invasive Species
O17 Water Quality
O16 Sedi & Erosion
O10 Resettlement
O4 Hydrological ResourceO14 Public Health
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C1 GovernanceC2 Economic viability
C3 Additional economic benefits
C4 Markets, innovation and research
C5 Op.Efficiency
C6 Op.Reliability
C7 Community acceptance
C8 Infra SafetyC9 Employee safety, occupational health and well-being
C10 Employee opportunity, equity and diversityC11 Suppliers and service providersC12 Cultural heritageC13 Social commitments
C14 Directly affected stakeholders (incl. local community)
C15 Envi Mgt
C16 Reservoir management
C17 Envi Flows
C18 Biodiversity
C19 Water QC20 Sedi & Erosion
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Sept. 2009 May 2013
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IFC’s E&S PS
- Extensive easy-to-understand Guidance Notes
- Available documents in IFC website for comparing
with your project (managing the learning curve)
- If borrowing from IFC…
Why use these tools
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IHA’s HSAP
- Self assessment, numbers & proof-based
- Track your performance through the years
- Spider web shows how holistic are you, exposes
weak areas…
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These tools work!
CDM Registered under the UNFCCC
Passed very stringent scrutiny of both the Philippine DNA & the UN CDM System easily due to prior conformity with these sustainability assessment tools
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Name Country MWtCO2 per year
Ambuklao Philippines 105 160,000
Binga Philippines 134 20,000
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These tools work!
Cooperation with downstream users
of water for irrigation and fish ponds.
Zero environmental non-compliance
since turnover to present
Celebrated best practice case of
building consensus with Indigenous
Peoples in Ambuklao and Binga
(resolving a 50-year land dispute
issue)
Good relations with host LGUs/IP
communities
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Key Messages
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1. Stakeholders expect hydro projects to be
sustainable
2. Compliance to law is not enough
3. There are sustainability tools:
To design good hydro projects
Basis to reject incorrigibly bad hydro projects
To operate hydro plants in the “area of good night
sleep”.