How are decommissioning and relicensing dealt with?
The Forum does not have specific sections to address decommissioning and relicensing. Hydropower projects tend to have an extensive lifetime, with many projects having been in service for more than a century. Major project decisions relating to project or network re-optimisation, project life extension or decommisioning would ideally go back to Section I Strategic Assessments. Project decisions relating to refurbishment could go back to Section II Project Preparation. In the case of re-licensing which would be assessing existing operations, Section IV Project Operation should be appropriate.
