What is the standard debt equity ration for financing a hydropower project?
Standard Debt Equity Ratio is 70:30 What are the benefits of hydropower projects? Hydropower is a renewable, economic, non polluting and environmentally benign source of energy. It saves scarce fossil fuel resources of the country, which are non renewable. Hydropower projects have certain distinctive advantages over other sources of electricity generation, as discussed below: a) Technical Benefits Hydropower projects are known to have much longer life and provide cheaper electricity as there is no fuel cost and as the recurring cost involved in generation, operation and maintenance is lower than that in case of other sources of energy.
