Requirements for Green Power Certification
“Green Criteria” for Hydropower
Practical Experience
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Procedure development
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Until now there was no international certification procedure for hydropower plants available allowing a standardised labelling of green power production. The solving of the problems/ effects involved at a local level were handled extremely poorly.
The EAWAG then developed the fundamental principles required for a standardised and scientifically proven certification of “Green Hydropower Plants”.
With help from the “Green-Hydro” procedure a power station can prove that it entails both an environmentally responsible management and plant layout. The fundamental principles were compiled together with numerous international experts and a number of various interested groups.
The procedure contains both general concepts for the certification of hydropower plants and also the special criteria required in valuing a green hydropower plant.
