Building Island Resilience through the Energy, Water, Food Nexus
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Islands face unique and often exaggerated threats from climate change. Additionally, the very nature of islands creates greater dependence on imported food and energy resources. Extreme events have highlighted weaknesses in island energy, water, and food systems as a result of utility outages and shipping delays. These events have challenged islands to improve their resilience and seek new strategies to ensure energy, water, and food security. One such island is Sint Eustatius, which has constructed a first of its kind solar park providing reliable energy, community agriculture, and harvested rainwater for irrigation This paper highlights integrated strategies to help islands enhance resilience across the energy, water, food nexus.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE), Office of Clean Energy Systems (FE-22); Government of Australia Department of Environment and Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308;
- OSTI ID:
- 1569216
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP--7A40-74747
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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