Hydropower
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…
Research Article // Holistic management of drinking water and sewerage network in terms of energy production. The case of Larissa city, Greece
By Evangelos Paschalis and colleagues. Hydropower generation systems are of the most common renewable energy systems in the world. The main purpose…
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…
Opinion // How to Strengthen Cooperation for a Water Secure South Asia
By Jyotiraj Patra. South Asia is witnessing unprecedented water challenges and risks. Most of these risks are multi-dimensional, dynamic, complex and…
Publication // The Nile Water-Food-Energy Nexus under Uncertainty: Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
By Hamdy Elsayed; Slobodan Djordjević; Dragan A. Savić, M.ASCE; Ioannis Tsoukalas; and Christos Makropoulos. A system dynamics model was developed…
Water-Energy-Food Nexus // A Fuzzy-Cognitive Mapping Approach in Andalusia (Spain)
By Pilar Martinez, Maria Blanco, Bente Castro-Campos. Water, energy and food (WEF) are essential resources for economic development and social…
Nexus Blog // Possibilités d’apprentissage mutuel? Les barrages GERD et Fomi: relations transfrontalières et pensée Nexus au Sahel
Luca Ferrini & Lucia Benavides. Plus de 500 millions de personnes en Afrique subsaharienne n'ont toujours pas accès à l'électricité. La croissance de…
Conference Paper // Forecasting the water consumption of hydroelectricity power plants in the context of the Water Energy Nexus based on an artificial intelligence approach
By Cigdem Coskun Dilcan and Merih Aydinalp Koksal. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the nonlinear relationship between the water…
Research Article // Analysis of the Complexities in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Ghana's Bui Dam Experience
By Pius Siakwah and Obodai Torto. In this study the authors argue that the WEF Nexus is prominently embedded in complex historical systems that tend…
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…
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…
Research Article // The Role of Micro-Hydropower Energy Recovery in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
By Aonghus McNabola and colleagues. This paper presents a holistic overview of the potential role and impacts of micro-hydropower energy recovery on…
Hydropower // Is the Consideration of a Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus a Solution on the Search for Greener Hydropower?
By Miroslav Marence and Mário Franca. Hydropower is accountable for approximately 16% of world electrical energy production and it is the largest…
Film // Thirst for Power
This documentary is adapted from Dr. Michael E. Webber’s book Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival. Combining anecdotes and personal…
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…