Eric van Praag – Mauricio Garrón

CAF – banco de desarrollo de América Latina

2nd Hydro Power Summit

Latin America

CAF supports sustainable development, regional integration

and competitiveness for its member countries.

Class A member countries : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,

Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad &

Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Class C member countries: Chile, Costa Rica, Spain,

Portugal, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal and the Dominican

Republic.

CAF – The Latin American Development Bank

CAF’s Energy Agenda

Thematic areas Specific targets

• Consolidate the promotion and development of energy infrastructure Infrastructure

• Contribute to institutional and public policy developmentEnergy policies

• Promote the development of integration projectsIntegration

• Support the development of renewable energy / energy efficiency

Energy and Climate Change

• Promote the articulation of national and regional networksNetwork linkage

• Development of high-quality studies in the sector

Knowledge Generation

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CAF’s energy portfolio totals more than

US$ 12.000 MM

January 2012 # of Projects US$ MM

Venezuela 22 3.828

Argentina 14 2.275

Brasil 18 1.681

Colombia 21 1.039

Perú 17 675

Ecuador 14 671

Bolivia 16 660

Uruguay 7 508

Costa Rica 4 200

Paraguay 1 75

México 1 50

Total 135 11.662

GeoSUR’s Network

?<Geoportal

Data by partner

agencies

Regional

Map

Service

Topo Service

Blueprint for Hydropower Assessment in

Latin America USGS/EROS in cooperation with

Department of Energy Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory developed a small-hydropower assessment atlas in 2006

Adapted methodology for hydro power assessments in Latin America – using 30-meter data - was used for Sao Paulo State study

São Paulo State Hydropower Assessment:

Basic facts

Non-reimbursable funding for the

study was provided by CAF.

the assessment was completed for

all the streams located wholly

within São Paulo State,

using a Digital Elevation Model

(DEM) with 30-meter resolution,

in combination with an

hydrography data layer supplied

by ANA,

with the cooperation of the Sao

Paulo Energy Secretariat.

Stream Segments Where Hydropower

Assessment Was Completed

Over 152,000

Stream Segments

Stream Mean Annual Discharges

Total Potential Mean Annual Power

Potential Power by Basin

Available Total Potential Mean Annual Power

Samples of Sites with High Potential: Site #1

Drop (m):

13

Potential

power

estimate:

19 MW

Samples of Sites with High Potential: Site #2

(Talhado)

Proposed Hydropower

location: ANA

Estimated output 12

MW

Name: Talhado

Drop (m):

16

Potential

power

estimate:

7.5 MW

Sample Site #2 (Talhado)

Drop (m): 16

Potential power

estimate: 7.5

MW

Contour extraction in GeoSUR Topographic

Processing Service - TPS

The TPS offers

several tools to

extract DEM

derivative products

from the SRTM Level-

2 (30-m) dataset as

well as other elevation

data sources

TPS Web Interface

http://www.geosur.info (select regional viewer)

Web Tool for Counter Level Creation

GeoSUR Web Power Potential Tool

GeoSUR Web Power Potential Tool

Complete a feasibility study in Sao Paulo State to identify

project areas where hydro power potential can be

harnessed and produce detailed project profiles for

developers.

Complete a similar type of study in Peru (on-going)

Initiate similar studies in other Latin American countries,

regions or provinces (the SRTM 30-meter dataset is

available for all the region)

Next Steps

More information:

Eric van Praag

evanpraag@caf.com

Mauricio Garrón

mgarron@caf.com

Portal: www.geosur.info

Eric van Praag – Mauricio Garrón

CAF – banco de desarrollo de América Latina

2nd Hydro Power Summit

Latin America