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Research Article // Potential of renewable energy in water-energy-food nexus in Jordan

By Aiman Albatayneh and colleagues. This study analyses the potential of the water-food-energy nexus in Jordan, as there are strong connections between these pillars that will help to ensure a sustainable future. The potential of renewable energy technologies to address some of the trade-offs between water, energy and food, bringing substantial benefits in all three sectors, is examined.

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Figure 1. Results of Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Abstract

This study examined the potential of the water-food-energy nexus in Jordan, as there are strong connections between these pillars that will help to ensure a sustainable future. The focus was on the dual relationship between the three sectors, namely the relationship between water and energy, between water and food, and between energy and food.

Currently there are several processes arising from the problems associated with the three sectors that ought to be addressed to avoid negative consequences. Increased demand, shortage of supply, climate change, economic aspects, and population growth are among the numerous factors negatively affecting the water, energy, and food sectors that should be considered in order to achieve sustainability. Having studied the mutual relationship between the three sectors.

This research will examine the potential solution of renewable energy technologies to address some of the trade-offs between water, energy and food, bringing substantial benefits in all three sectors. It was established that renewable energy appears to be an essential solution to enhance all the sectors combined. Jordan, for instance, receives abundant energy from the sun and wind. It was concluded that the exploitation of renewable energy is the essential solution needed to meet the challenges facing all three sectors, and thus promote the advancement of the country. It is possible to exploit the energy of the sun and wind in Jordan to produce the quantities of energy needed to desalinate sea water and irrigate the plants in order to provide the population with the food they need in order to live.

Published

September 2022

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Energy Nexus

Citation

Aiman Albatayneh, Muna Hindiyeh, Rana AlAmawi,
Potential of renewable energy in water-energy-food nexus in Jordan, Energy Nexus, Volume 7, 2022, 100140, ISSN 2772-4271, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexu....

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