South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia
Large dams have been controversially debated for decades due to their large‐scale and often irreversible social and environmental impacts. In the pursuit of low‐carbon energy and climate change mitigation, hydropower is experiencing a new renaissance. At the forefront of this renaissance are Chinese...
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| author | Urban, Frauke Siciliano, Giuseppina Sour, Kim Lonn, Pich Dara Tan-Mullins, May Mang, Grace |
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| description | Large dams have been controversially debated for decades due to their large‐scale and often irreversible social and environmental impacts. In the pursuit of low‐carbon energy and climate change mitigation, hydropower is experiencing a new renaissance. At the forefront of this renaissance are Chinese actors as the world's largest hydropower dam‐builders. This paper aims to discuss the role of South–South technology transfer of low‐carbon energy innovation and its opportunities and barriers by using a case study of the first large Chinese‐funded and Chinese‐built dam in Cambodia. Using the Kamchay Dam as an example, the paper finds that technology transfer can only be fully successful when host governments and organizations have the capacity to absorb new technologies. The paper also finds that technology transfer in the dam sector needs to go beyond hardware and focus more on the transfer of expertise, skills and knowledge to enable long‐term sustainable development. |
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| spelling | nottingham-533062018-08-13T03:36:27Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53306/ South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia Urban, Frauke Siciliano, Giuseppina Sour, Kim Lonn, Pich Dara Tan-Mullins, May Mang, Grace Large dams have been controversially debated for decades due to their large‐scale and often irreversible social and environmental impacts. In the pursuit of low‐carbon energy and climate change mitigation, hydropower is experiencing a new renaissance. At the forefront of this renaissance are Chinese actors as the world's largest hydropower dam‐builders. This paper aims to discuss the role of South–South technology transfer of low‐carbon energy innovation and its opportunities and barriers by using a case study of the first large Chinese‐funded and Chinese‐built dam in Cambodia. Using the Kamchay Dam as an example, the paper finds that technology transfer can only be fully successful when host governments and organizations have the capacity to absorb new technologies. The paper also finds that technology transfer in the dam sector needs to go beyond hardware and focus more on the transfer of expertise, skills and knowledge to enable long‐term sustainable development. Wiley 2015-08-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53306/1/Urban_et_al-2015-Sustainable_Development.pdf Urban, Frauke, Siciliano, Giuseppina, Sour, Kim, Lonn, Pich Dara, Tan-Mullins, May and Mang, Grace (2015) South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia. Sustainable Development, 23 (4). pp. 232-244. ISSN 0968-0802 hydropower; dams; China; Cambodia; technology transfer; technology cooperation; low-carbon innovation; global South https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1590 doi:10.1002/sd.1590 doi:10.1002/sd.1590 |
| spellingShingle | hydropower; dams; China; Cambodia; technology transfer; technology cooperation; low-carbon innovation; global South Urban, Frauke Siciliano, Giuseppina Sour, Kim Lonn, Pich Dara Tan-Mullins, May Mang, Grace South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia |
| title | South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia |
| title_full | South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia |
| title_fullStr | South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia |
| title_full_unstemmed | South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia |
| title_short | South-South technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia |
| title_sort | south-south technology transfer of low-carbon innovation: large chinese hydropower dams in cambodia |
| topic | hydropower; dams; China; Cambodia; technology transfer; technology cooperation; low-carbon innovation; global South |
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