Every year the International Hydropower Association puts out a report, part factual, part propaganda – to get more investment into hydro – and for some reason the move always fails. Perfectly reasonable people we know in the energy sector cannot understand why there is not more investment in hydro around the world – but this document out this week, the Hydropower status report, will not reveal the answers why investment continues to remain stagnant in hydro. The simply answer to that question is that it takes forever to invest in hydro, and there are many reasons why this is the case. Consequently no single investor can come to hydro time and time again, and expect to get a project off…