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Small hydropower in Switzerland: Challenges and Opportunities

Nicolas Crettenand

Due to the opportunities created by new feed-in tariffs and multipurpose infrastructure, small hydropower is proving to be a lead technology in meeting Swiss government renewable energy targets set for 2030. There remain, however, institutional challenges ...

2011

The facilitation of mini and small hydropower through institutional mechanisms for development

Nicolas Crettenand

Mini and small hydropower is a renewable, clean and efficient resource for the production of mechanical and electrical power. By offsetting thermal generation, it can be a leading technology in climate change mitigation and sustainable development. Small h ...

2010

The facilitation of small hydropower in Switzerland: shaping the institutional framework

Nicolas Crettenand

The paper aims to contribute towards further shaping of the institutional framework in Switzerland in order to facilitate the development of small hydropower (

2010

The facilitation of mini and small hydropower in Switzerland through institutional mechanisms

Matthias Finger, Nicolas Crettenand

Within the context of the liberalisation of the electricity sector, the government’s aim to increase renewable energy sources and post-Kyoto regulation, this paper aims to identify and develop institutional mechanisms to facilitate mini and small hydropowe ...

2010

Performance and Coherence in Network Industries

Matthias Finger, Marc Laperrouza, Nicolas Crettenand, Christof Lorenz Duthaler

Network industries, such as electricity, railways and air transport, are very complex technical, economic, and political systems in which the interplay of technology and institutions has a significant impact on performance. While the performance of the net ...

2010

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This paper wants to further develop the theory of co-evolution between technology and institutions in the network industries by addressing one of the critiques that is generally raised, namely the lack of taking into account its dynamics. The paper outline ...

Discussion paper series on the coherence between institutions and technologies in infrastructures2010

Switzerland, with the forecasted electricity gap between domestic production and demand, aims to significantly increase renewable energy sources including hydropower. Mini hydropower (below 1MW) currently has considerable unused technical potential. As a r ...

2009

What works and what doesn't with BOT contracts? The case of thermal and hydraulic plants

Matthias Finger, Nicolas Crettenand

Private financing and operations of public infrastructures – often also called Public-Private Partnerships or PPPs – are becoming increasingly important, especially in the case of developing countries. Different types of PPP instruments – among which in pa ...

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