Vulnerabilities and opportunities at the nexus of electricity, water and climate
Abstract
The articles in this special issue examine the critical nexus of electricity, water, and climate, emphasizing connections among resources; the prospect of increasing vulnerabilities of water resources and electricity generation in a changing climate; and the opportunities for research to inform integrated energy and water policy and management measures aimed at increasing resilience. Here, we characterize several major themes emerging from this research and highlight some of the uptake of this work in both scientific and public spheres. Underpinning much of this research is the recognition that water resources are expected to undergo substantial changes based on the global warming that results primarily from fossil energy-based carbon emissions. At the same time, the production of electricity from fossil fuels, nuclear power, and some renewable technologies (biomass, geothermal and concentrating solar power) can be highly water-intensive. Energy choices now and in the near future will have a major impact not just on the global climate, but also on water supplies and the resilience of energy systems that currently depend heavily on them.
- Authors:
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- Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA (United States)
- United States Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States)
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1245543
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-6A70-64380
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-9326
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 8; Related Information: Environmental Research Letters; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-9326
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; energy; water; nexus; EWN; climate; power system; electricity
Citation Formats
Frumhoff, Peter C., Burkett, Virginia, Jackson, Robert B., Newmark, Robin, Overpeck, Jonathan, and Webber, Michael. Vulnerabilities and opportunities at the nexus of electricity, water and climate. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/080201.
Frumhoff, Peter C., Burkett, Virginia, Jackson, Robert B., Newmark, Robin, Overpeck, Jonathan, & Webber, Michael. Vulnerabilities and opportunities at the nexus of electricity, water and climate. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/080201
Frumhoff, Peter C., Burkett, Virginia, Jackson, Robert B., Newmark, Robin, Overpeck, Jonathan, and Webber, Michael. 2015.
"Vulnerabilities and opportunities at the nexus of electricity, water and climate". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/080201. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245543.
@article{osti_1245543,
title = {Vulnerabilities and opportunities at the nexus of electricity, water and climate},
author = {Frumhoff, Peter C. and Burkett, Virginia and Jackson, Robert B. and Newmark, Robin and Overpeck, Jonathan and Webber, Michael},
abstractNote = {The articles in this special issue examine the critical nexus of electricity, water, and climate, emphasizing connections among resources; the prospect of increasing vulnerabilities of water resources and electricity generation in a changing climate; and the opportunities for research to inform integrated energy and water policy and management measures aimed at increasing resilience. Here, we characterize several major themes emerging from this research and highlight some of the uptake of this work in both scientific and public spheres. Underpinning much of this research is the recognition that water resources are expected to undergo substantial changes based on the global warming that results primarily from fossil energy-based carbon emissions. At the same time, the production of electricity from fossil fuels, nuclear power, and some renewable technologies (biomass, geothermal and concentrating solar power) can be highly water-intensive. Energy choices now and in the near future will have a major impact not just on the global climate, but also on water supplies and the resilience of energy systems that currently depend heavily on them.},
doi = {10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/080201},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1245543},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
issn = {1748-9326},
number = 8,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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