The water‐energy nexus: future water resource availability and its implications on UK thermal power generation

Murrant, Daniel; Quinn, Andrew; Chapman, Lee

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“…water-food nexus (see Brown and Halweil, 1998;Hoekstra and Hung, 2005;Dalin et al, 2014;Antonelli and Tamea, 2015;Vanham, 2016), food-energy nexus (see Karkacier and Goktolga, 2005;Abdelradi and Serra, 2015), and water-energy nexus (see Scott et al, 2011;Hardy et al, 2012;Pfister et al, 2012;Walker et al, 2013;Vilanova and Balestieri, 2015;Murrant et al, 2015;Pradeleix et al, 2015;Gua et al, 2016;Vieira and Ghisi, 2016;Wong and Pecora, 2016). Current WEFN publications have become more sophisticated and capable of investigating all three subsystems: for example, biomass or biofuel crop production (see Gerbens-Leenes et al, 2009;Bazilian et al, 2013;Miara et al, 2014;Mirzabaev et al, 2015), future impact scenarios of climate change on WEFN (see Ringler et al, 2016), incorporating satellite remote sensing analysis to assess the WEFN (see review by Sanders and Masri, 2016), modeling water-energy-food interdependencies and management (Bazilian et al, 2011;Daher and Mohtar, 2015;Al-Ansari et al, 2015;Zimmerman et al, 2016;Zhang and Vesselinov, 2017), and the consumption of water and energy in the production of greenhouse tomatoes in Spain (Irabien and Darton, 2016).…”

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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in East Asia: A tele-connected value chain analysis using inter-regional input-output analysis

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Population and economic growth pose unique challenges in securing sufficient water, energy, and food to meet demand at the sub-national (regional), national, and supra-national level. An increasing share of this demand is met through trade and imports. The unprecedented rapid growth, extent, and complexity of global value chains (GVCs) since the 1980s have reshaped global trade. The GVCs-and new economic patterns of regionalization-affect the demands on water, energy, and food within countries and across global supply chains. East Asia is of particular interest due to the region"s rapid economic growth, substantial population size, high interdependence of the region"s economies, and varying degree of resource availability. While greater interdependence across the region has increased the efficiency of production and trade, these activities require the input of water-energy-food and generate disturbances in the environment. The transnational interregional input-output approach is utilized in a tele-connected Water-Energy-Food Nexus (WEFN) analysis of the East Asia GVC to assess competing demands for these resources and environmental outcomes. This analysis demonstrates the hidden virtual flows of water, energy, and food embodied in intraregional and transnational interregional trade. China"s current national export oriented economic growth strategy in East Asia is not sustainable from the WEFN perspective. In terms of water-energy-food, China is a net virtual exporter to Japan and South Korea. China"s prioritization of economic growth and trade in low value added and pollution intensive sectors consumes a great amount of water-energy-food within its territory to satisfy consumers" demands in Japan and South Korea. Japan"s Kanto and Kinki regions and South Korea"s Sudokwon region were the major beneficiaries while China bore the environmental burden associated with the production of exports. For example, net virtual exports from China"s East region included over 1.2 billion m 3 of scarce water and 61.3 million metric (CO 2 equivalent) tons of greenhouse gases (i.e. CO 2 , NH 4 , and N 2 O) and 2 million metric tons of SO x emissions. Trade is an important mechanism for overcoming resource bottlenecks, but, taking into account environmental linkages, regional specialization is not necessarily mutually beneficial. This analysis demonstrates a mismatch between regional water-energy-food availability and final resource consumption and the lack of attention for environmental impacts in national economic growth strategies. Resource scarce countries like China must, therefore, incorporate trade-off decisions between pursuing national economic growth, incurring environmental degradation, and food security into strategic regional development policies.

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“…Byers et al (2014) [27] concentrated on cooling water use in electricity generation in the UK and aimed to design a pathway to less waterintensive energy industry. Murrant et al (2015) [28] estimated the water availability in the UK and analysed the implications on its thermal power generation. Yu et al (2011) [29] evaluated the water loss in China's coal-fired electricity industry.…”

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“…Figure 3 presents energy for water in Beijing-Tian-Hebei region. With regard to production-based energy for water, Shijiazhuang is the largest, at 28 Figure 4 illustrates the ranking of water/energy intensity versus that of production-based water/energy. The thirteen cities are ranked from large to small numbers/amounts of their intensities/production-based water.…”

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City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

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Water-energy nexus in a city can either prompt or undermine its development. Yet in China, the relevant research is rarely found. This study accounts the city-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in 2012 from both production and consumption perspectives, where input-output analysis based on city-level input-output tables are applied to conduct consumption-based accounts. Regarding water for energy, Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan occupy the largest amounts of water for production in the energy sector, at 203 million tonnes (Mt), 148 Mt and 118 Mt, and they also consume most water for energy, at 6690 Mt, 1328 Mt and 1476 Mt. In terms of energy for water, Shijiazhuang and Tianjin have the largest amounts of CO2 emissions for production and consumption respectively, at 28 thousand tonnes (Kt) and 1746 Kt. Furthermore, local authorities should prioritise electricity sector as it holds 69% and 72% of the total water amounts for production and consumption in the energy sector. Besides, integrated management is crucial for cities with low water and energy efficiency (Baoding and Zhangjiakou), and for large CO2 emitters in Hebei province in order to ensure their water and energy sustainability without stunting their economic growth.

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“…This would help to understand the nature of the waste produced and its potential re-use within the city. However, in common with primary thermal generation, EfW schemes also require high quality water for cooling-another aspect of the water-energy-food-nexus, and for the landlocked WMCA this may be a restriction for development, particularly under the changing climate [121].…”

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Advancing City Sustainability via Its Systems of Flows: The Urban Metabolism of Birmingham and Its Hinterland

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Abstract:Cities are dependent on their hinterlands for their function and survival. They provide resources such as people, materials, water, food and energy, as well as areas for waste disposal. Over the last 50 years, commerce and trade has become increasingly global with resources sourced from further afield often due to cheap labour costs, better transportation and a plentiful supply of energy and raw materials. However, the use and transportation of resources is becoming increasingly unsustainable as the global population increases, raw materials become increasing scarce, and energy costs rise. This paper builds on research undertaken in the Liveable Cities Programme on the resource flows of Birmingham, UK. It investigates how people, material, and food flows interact within regional, national, and international hinterlands through road and rail transportation and assesses their sustainability across all three pillars (economic, social, and environmental). The type and weight of goods is highlighted together with their costs and energy used. For a city to move with greatest effect towards sustainability it needs to: (i) source as much as it can locally, to minimise transportation and energy costs; (ii) adopt such principles as the "circular economy"; and (iii) provide clean and efficient means to move people, especially public transportation.

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The water‐energy nexus: future water resource availability and its implications on UK thermal power generation

Cited by 18 publications

References 47 publications

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in East Asia: A tele-connected value chain analysis using inter-regional input-output analysis

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in East Asia: A tele-connected value chain analysis using inter-regional input-output analysis

City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Advancing City Sustainability via Its Systems of Flows: The Urban Metabolism of Birmingham and Its Hinterland

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