Selected project examples

Strengthening generation expansion planning and policy making capacity in the hydropower sector, Laos

Strengthening generation expansion planning and policy making capacity in the hydropower sector, Laos

The Government of Lao PDR was supported in developing the hydropower planning and management capacity needed to the hydropower sector. Development of hydropower potentials has to be reconciled with water resource management requirements and ecological constraints. Fichtner developed and applied a methodology for assessing avoided generation cost as well as a least-cost power generation expansion model.

Fichtner-Leistungen

  • Development and application of a methodology for assessing avoided generation cost
  • Development and application of a least-cost power generation expansion model
  • Capacity building through staff training in the application of planning tools and methods

Kunde

Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), Vientiane, Laos