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PROJECT FACT SHEET

Acronym: REEEM
Title: Role of technologies in an energy efficient economy – model based analysis policy measures and transformation pathways to a sustainable energy system
Call: H2020-LCE
Funding scheme: RIA – Research and innovation action
Grant agreement no.: 691739
Duration: 42 Months
Start date: February 2016
Estimated Project cost: €3,997,458.75
Requested EU contribution: €3,997,458.75
Total effort: 423.5 Person-months
Project coordinator: Mark Howells – Department of Energy Technology, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Project Officer: Manuela Conconi

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JOURNAL PAPER - WATER USE IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION FOR WATER-ENERGY NEXUS ANALYSES: THE EUROPEAN CASE

Journal paper - Water use in electricity generation for water-energy nexus analyses: The European case

09 JANUARY 2019

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A new study by Morten A.D. Larsen and Martin Drews from the Technical University of Denmark published in Science of The Total Environment (Larsen and Drews, 2019) looks into the quality of present day openly available data on the water-energy nexus at larger scales, here highlighted for Europe. The approach is to combine multiple (free) data sources to generate the best possible estimate on the actual 1980-2015 historical water consumption (net share) and withdrawal rates (total share including return flow) for EU28 countries and compare these estimates with reported numbers as available from Eurostat (European statistical office). The data sources in the study included not only general data repositories but also elaborate satellite imagery analyses to assess the technologies employed as well as the water source in question (fresh or saline water), as such simple information is not sufficiently available through open access sources currently.

A key finding is the resemblance between estimated water withdrawal levels and corresponding reported levels (from Eurostat) both historically (1980-2015) for EU28 (Fig. 1) and per country (2015) (Fig. 2). A key message is the lack of proper data within the water-energy nexus with regards to availability, access and quality to facilitate quantitative studies and most energy data omit water linkages entirely. A key perspective is that the results can support interdependencies between water and energy within modelling efforts, where existing models are often refined to reflect new knowledge or specific challenges and research questions.

The full article can be found here.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 691739.

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