Renewable Energy
Research article // The water-land-food nexus of first-generation biofuels
By Maria Cristina Rulli, Davide Bellomi, Andrea Cazzoli, Giulia De Carolis and Paolo D’Odorico. This report provides a global assessment of biofuel…
Research Article // Water Energy Food Nexus Analysis and Management Tools: A Review
By David Borge-Diez, Francisco José García-Moya, and Enrique Rosales-Asensio. In light of the developed analysis, difficulties and gaps for…
Database // Interactive Solar Water Pumping Knowledge Base
This collection is an overview of 213 solar water pumping projects all over the world from 2001 up to 2016 (plus one project from 1995). The data is…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Central Asia // EU stimulates investment opportunities for development of water and energy infrastructure in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN - The European Union (EU) funded project "Nexus Dialogue in Central Asia" conducted the third intersectoral working group on the…
Research article // Sustainability Considerations in Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research in Irrigated Agriculture
By Ahmad Hamidov and Katharina Helming. Irrigated agriculture is a key example of the water-energy–food (WEF) nexus, due to the strong competition…
Report // The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Libya, UAE, Egypt and Iraq
By Martin Keulertz and Rabi Mohtar. This report analyzes WEF Nexus challenges in Libya, Egypt, Iraq and the UAE to explore whether a greater focus on…
Project // Promoting Energy-Water Nexus resource efficiency through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EERES4WATER)
EERES4WATER will enhance the institutional, technical and social framework to promote the direct use of renewable energy sources and energy…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Central Asia // European Union supports innovative solutions to address siltation of reservoirs in Central Asia
URGENCH, UZBEKISTAN - The inter-sectoral working group composed of experts from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to study the issue of siltation at the…
Publication // Towards sustainable renewable energy investment and deployment; Trade-offs and opportunities with water resources and the environment
By United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). This report offers a non-comprehensive “toolkit” to enable policy-makers to identify,…
Research article // Cooling water use in thermoelectric power generation and its associated challenges for addressing water-energy nexus
By Shu-Yuan Pan, Seth W. Snyder, Aaron I. Packman, Yupo J. Lin and Pen-Chi Chiang. In this review, the authors provide an overview of the…
Research Article // A GIS-Based Model to Assess the Potential of Wastewater Treatment Plants for Enhancing Bioenergy Production within the Context of the Water–Energy Nexus
By Francesca Valenti and Attilio Toscano. The study, developed by taking into account both collected data and GIS-based analyses, allowed elaborating…
Call for Entries // East Africa Call for Innovations 2021
Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) has opened the East Africa Call for Innovations, searching for for-profit businesses which are scaling…
Job posting // Senior Research Assistant: Resource Nexus Analytics, Informatics and Data (AID)
UNU-FLORES is looking for a senior research assistant to join their team in Dresden, Germany. The successful candidate will be working on…
Nexus Blog // Agrivoltaics Brings Together Agriculture and Power Generation
Intersolar Europe, a leading exhibition for the solar industry, and the accompanying Intersolar Europe Conference will shine their light on…
Project // Water & Energy For Food (WE4F): A Grand Challenge For Development
WE4F is a joint international initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Ministry of Foreign…