Malaysia utility completes IHA sustainability protocol training

Source: Hydroworld.com

Published on 28th November, 2011

KUCHING, Malaysia 11/28/11 (PennWell) — The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has completed the first training session for its Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol, educating employees of Malaysia utility Sarawak Energy Berhad in utilizing the hydro development tool.

“Sarawak Energy is the first of the IHA Sustainability Partners to receive training on the protocol, representing a key milestone in the development of the protocol as a tool to guide sustainability in the sector,” IHA Program Director Cameron Ironside said November 21. “The protocol provides a common language around which issues of sustainability can be discussed and understood, and such training with multiple stakeholders contributes significantly to the process.”

The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol offers a consistent, globally applicable method of assessing performance in about 20 vital topics of the sustainability of hydropower facilities, depending on the stage of the assessment. The topics cover the four principal pillars of sustainability: social, economic, environmental, and technical.

Malaysia’s Sarawak Energy Berhad first to receive hydropower sustainability assessment tool training

Source: International Water Power and Dam Construction

Published on 21st November, 2011

Employees of Sarawak Energy Berhad, Sarawak, Malaysia, recently completed the world’s first Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (Protocol) training session for hydropower stakeholders, organised by the International Hydropower Association (IHA).

As well as Sarawak Energy employees, participants in the training included representatives from Sarawak State Planning Unit, Sarawak Natural Resources and Environment Board, and the Sarawak Ministry of Public Utilities.

“Sarawak Energy is the first of the IHA Sustainability Partners to receive training on the Protocol, representing a key milestone in the development of the Protocol as a tool to guide sustainability in the sector. The Protocol provides a common language around which issues of sustainability can be discussed and understood, and such training with multiple stakeholders contributes significantly to the process.” said Cameron Ironside, Programme Director, IHA