Energy
Hydropower // The Water-Energy Nexus in Chile: A Description of the Regulatory Framework for Hydroelectricity
This article offers a general description of hydropower regulations in Chile wherein two sectors that are regulated separately come to meet each…
Publication // The traded water footprint of global energy from 2010 to 2018
By Christopher M. Chini and Rebecca A. M. Peer. In this article, a new database identifying the virtual water footprints for the trade of eleven…
Presentation // The Role and Perspective of Hydropower in Water-Energy-Food Nexus in China
By Liu Heng, International Center on Small Hydropower, GWP China Regional Technical Committee. With key figures for water supply and hydropower…
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…
Water, Land and Ecosystems // Water-energy-food weave a tangled web. Here’s how we can navigate it
By Jennie Barron. Ethiopia is currently building one of the world’s largest hydroelectric dams on the Blue Nile River close to its Sudanese border.…
Nexus Blog // Opportunities for mutual learning? The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Fomi dam: transboundary relations and Nexus thinking across the Sahel
By Luca Ferrini & Lucia Benavides. More than 500 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still do not have access to electricity. Population growth…
Publication // Roadmap to Energy in the Water and Wastewater Industry
By R. Neal Elliot. This report summarizes the discussions of an American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) expert group exploring…
Project // S-MultiStor: Sustainable Hydropower and Multipurpose Storage to Meet the Water, Food and Energy SDG's
This project is a 3-year program to investigate and demonstrate improved approaches to sustainable multipurpose water storage, including both gray…
Publication // Challenges and Solutions for Biogas Production from Agriculture Waste in the Aral Sea Basin
By Olimjon Saidmamatov, Inna Rudenko, Urs Baier and Elbek Khodjaniyazov. This paper focuses on the potential benefits of biogas production in the…
Publication // Water-Energy-Food Nexus Sustainability in the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) Basin
By Allam, M. M., & Eltahir, E. A. (2019). This paper presents a framework for optimal allocation of land and water resources in the upper Blue Nile…
Call for Tenders // Funding for Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) for data collection on energy access, WASH, food security in rural areas
The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) invites MFIs, cooperatives, NGOs, energy and water suppliers, and similar organizations in…
Water-Energy Nexus // Energy Resource Use Options for Improved Energy Security in Ethiopia
By Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, UNU-FLORES. Ethiopia’s energy sector faces critical challenges to meet a steadily increasing energy demand. This is due to…
Publication // Sustainable energy-water-food nexus integration and optimisation in eco-industrial parks
By Jamileh Fouladi, Ahmed AlNouss and Tareq Al-Ansari. In this study, a representation of the Energy-Water-Food (EWF) nexus is developed to capture…
Call for Innovations // Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region - Water and Energy for Food (WE4F)
Are you a MENA-based innovator with a proven solution tackling water and/or energy issues in urban or rural food production? This Call for…
Energy Analysis // Energy-Water Nexus
Water is required to produce energy. Energy is required to pump, treat, and transport water. This analysis by the US National Renewable Energy…