Publication presentation 2020 Hydropower Status Report The report

Publication presentation 2020 Hydropower Status Report The report covers: 1. Executive summary 2. Covid-19 and hydropower 3. Sector news and insights 4. Regions in focus 5. Data tables hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Executive summary Now in its seventh edition, the 2020 Hydropower Status Report is published at a time of great global uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The report was compiled by IHA’s team of researchers and analysts and released on 28 May 2020. Clean electricity generation from hydropower achieved a record 4, 306 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2019.

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Covid-19 and hydropower The Covid-19 crisis has underlined the hydropower sector’s resilience and its critical role in delivering clean, reliable and affordable energy, especially at times of crisis. A bold and ambitious green recovery plan involving significant investment in sustainable hydropower and other renewables will be needed as part of the policy response. Hydropower. org/Covid-19

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Global hydropower installed capacity Total global hydropower installed capacity reached 1, 308 gigawatts (GW) in 2019. This represents an annual rise of 1. 2 per cent. hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Hydropower capacity and generation by region Installed capacity Estimated generation East Asia and the Pacific, thanks to the vast contribution of Chinese hydropower, remains the largest region by installed capacity at 487 GW. Africa by contrast with its large untapped hydropower potential has the smallest installed capacity at 37 GW. hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 New installed capacity by region (MW) In 2019, 50 countries added hydropower installed capacity. The region to add the most capacity was East Asia and the Pacific, followed by South America and then South and Central Asia. hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 New installed capacity by country (MW) The countries with the highest individual increases in installed capacity in 2019 were Brazil (4. 92 GW), China (4. 17 GW) and Laos (1. 89 GW). India overtook Japan as the fifth largest hydropower producer with its installed capacity now standing at over 50 GW. hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Where has hydropower capacity been added in 2019? hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Top 20 countries by newly installed capacity hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Global pumped storage installed capacity Energy storage in the form of pumped storage hydropower (PSH), the world’s ‘water battery’, supports the needs of changing power systems. PSH currently accounts for over 94 per cent of installed global energy storage capacity, and over 96 per cent of energy stored in grid scale applications. During 2019, worldwide pumped storage hydropower installed capacity grew by 304 MW. hydropower. org/statusreport

Hydropower Status Report 2020 Hydropower installed capacity growth, 2015 -2019 The 2019 growth in global hydropower installed capacity to 1, 308 GW represented a 1. 2 per cent annual rise. This is down on the five-year annual average of 2. 1 per cent and well below an estimated 2. 0 per cent growth rate required to meet Paris Agreement targets. hydropower. org/statusreport