Trackers

Indicators HEF follows because they move faster than the policy response to them: regional power demand, the Himalayan connectivity investment gap, and hydropower utilization. Each carries a stated methodology, a source, and an update cadence — not a decorative number. Two further instruments, on basin-level cryosphere exposure and orchard-elevation migration, are publishing their build specification ahead of any data — see “In development” below.

Hazard register

Himalayan Hydropower Hazard Tracker

Hydropower plants damaged by glacier floods, avalanches and landslides in the Indian and Nepali Himalaya since 2013, with every figure sourced.

14 plants · 829.12 MW7 damaged twice

Edition 1 · 7 eventsOpen the tracker →

AI Power Demand

23 TWh+35% vs. prior

Projected new demand from India's AI buildout by 2030

Source: Central Electricity Authority of India (2024); China Energy Portal (2024); IRENA, Hydropower Potential in South Asia (2023)HEF estimate 8 August 2026source links pending

Last updated Aug 8, 2026Refresh pendingMethodology →

Connectivity Gap

$80B+8% vs. prior

Unfunded gap in Himalayan connectivity infrastructure

Source: CSIS, Himalayan Connectivity Brief (2023); Asian Development Bank, Cross-Border Trade Corridors in South Asia (2024); Union Budget 2026-27, Government of India; MoSPI Project Monitoring Flash Report (January 2026)HEF estimate 8 August 2026source links pending

As of Aug 1, 2026Methodology →

Hydropower Utilization

22 %+10% vs. prior

Of the region's 500 GW hydropower potential currently tapped

Source: IRENA, Hydropower Potential in South Asia (2023); Ministry of Power, India (2024); China Energy Portal (2024)HEF estimate 8 August 2026source links pending

As of Aug 1, 2026Methodology →

In development

Meltwater Exposure Tracker

Build specification, data architecture and publication protocol

Build specification v1.0Read the spec →

In development

Altitude Migration Tracker

Orchard Elevation Register — build specification, data architecture and publication protocol

Build specification v1.0Read the spec →

Why HEF tracks these numbers

Each of these indicators sits at the center of a system that is otherwise measured in fragments — national grid disclosures, individual project announcements, budget line items — with no single place tracking the trend. Publishing them together, with methodology and revision history attached, is a small part of HEF's wider mandate: making the Himalayan system legible through shared data, not just narrative.

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Each tracker also offers a direct CSV/JSON download on its detail page.