Water Footprint and Energy Sustainability
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water-Energy Nexus".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water footprint; energy; sustainability
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2.Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: water footprint; energy; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainability of the energy supply, its production and demand is an important topic of research. In many basins worldwide, good-quality freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce, while the production of energy requires increasing volumes of freshwater. The use of some types of renewable energy sources also requires the utilization of more freshwater, particulary in the cooling of power plants or the irrigation of crops. In addition, hydropower has a relatively large water footprint per unit of electricity, particularly when hydropower stations are located in areas subject to the extensive evaporation of water. This means that shifting away from fossil fuels in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions might place additional pressure on freshwater bodies.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of research that addresses the relationship between water and energy or presents innovative applications. We welcome, for example, papers that analyze enhancements in the efficient use of water or ways in which to minimize water pollution. Research that compares the water footprints of different types of energy is also welcome. We also encourage the submission of papers that address global energy scenarios and water, including the role of new energy sources or the trade-offs between water, land and the carbon footprint of energy production. We also welcome papers that study the trade-offs on a systems level, e.g. analyses of electricity production on a national scale or on isolated islands with a fixed boundary, as well as the related water footprints within the basin boundaries.
Dr. Winnie Gerbens-Leenes
Dr. S.D. Vaca Jimenez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water–energy nexus
- energy sustainability
- water resources management
- water footprint assessment
- sustainable electricity production
- water, land and carbon footprint trade-offs
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