08 nov. 2018
Nexus Policies in Europe // The Relevance of the Water-Energy Nexus for EU Policies
Energy and water systems depend on each other in many ways. Most energy and climate projections suggest that the water-energy nexus will be affected by the shifting availability of water resources due to climate change and the increasing penetration of non-dispatchable renewable energy sources. It is crucial to estimate these impacts: water resources shall be accurately incorporated into power systems operations and planning, water use shall be integrated into large-scale grid analyses, and market design studies will have to consider the value of water. This magazine gives an overview of EU policies and projects.
Content
- Forword: The relevance of the water-energy nexus for EU policies
- The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus project at the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), by Giovanni Bidoglio
- About energy and water diplomacy, by Carmen Marques & Beata Slominska
- Quantifying the trade-offs in the water and energy nexus, by Anna Delgado and Diego Rodoríguez
- Energy’s role in achieving universal access to clean water and sanitation, Molly A. Walton
- About modelling the energy, water and food nexus, by Pedro Linares & Zarrar Khan
- European Climatic Energy Mixes: a proof-of-concept climate service to assess future renewable energy mixes in Europe within the Copernicus Climate Change Service, by Alberto Troccoli
- About the WANDEL project, by Martina Flörke & Zita Sebesvari
- Seeking sustainable CLEWs – Climate, Land, Energy and Water Strategies: An integrated systems approach to meet sustainable development challenges, by Marc Howells
- How RES-based desalination may help to meet water needs in the EU, by Soteris Kalogirou
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Published
October 2018
In
SETIS Magazine No. 18