Publications

Chris is the author of many papers on the commercial and contractual aspects of hydro-power development, including two key reports on the financing of new projects. He frequently speaks on these issues at international conferences.

Some of his recent publications have been listed below. Titles which are underlined can be opened with a PDF document reader.

• Commercial Aspects of Hydropower Development: A Changing Scene
  Proceedings Hydro 2009 Conference. Lyon, France, October 2009.
• The Financing of Water Infrastructure. A Review of Case Studies.
  Report prepared for the World Bank, published in 2006.
• Financing of Private Hydropower Projects.
  Report prepared for the World Bank, published as WB Discussion Paper 420.
• Forget BOOT: It should be BOSS. Alternative Approach to Hydropower Financing.
  Hydropower and Dams. Vol.13, Issue 5, 2007.
• At the Turn of the Runner.
  Series of six articles on the contractual issues arising in private hydro development. Hydro Review Worldwide. Vol. 9 onwards (2001-02).
  • Control of Design
  • Power Purchase Agreements
  • EPC Contracts
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Geological Risk
  • Concession Agreements
• Dams and Hydropower: an Overview of Financing Instruments.
  HYDRO 2006, Porto Carras, Greece, September 2006.
• Sustainable Financing of Hydropower; the Basic Requirements.
  Proceedings Hydro 2005 Conference, Villach, Austria, October 2005.
• Public-Private Partnerships: Time to Rethink the Model?
  Proceedings Hydro 2004 Conference, Porto, Portugal October 2004.
• A Fresh Start: Prospects for Financing Hydropower in Developing Countries.
  UN Symposium on Hydropower and Sustainable Development, Beijing, 2004
• Private Hydro: the Government Perspective.
  Proceedings Hydro 2002 Conference, Kiris, Turkey. November.
• Lessons from the Hydropower Sector.
  UNEP Conference on Financing Dams and Sustainable Development. London, April 2004.
• Hydrogen, Hydropower and World Poverty (co-author).
  International Journal of Hydropower and Dams. Vol. 10, Issue 5, September 2003.
• The Economics of Sourcing Hydrogen from Hydropower (co-author).
  International Journal of Hydropower and Dams. Vol. 10, Issue 6, December 2003.
• Hydro Finance Yearbook (co-author)
  HCI Publications, USA, originally for HydroVison 2008 Conference.

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