Evaluation of Spain's Water-Energy Nexus
By Laurent Hardy, A. Garrido, L. Juana. 2012
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This paper explores the water-energy nexus of Spain and offers calculations for both the energy used in the water sector and the water required to run the energy sector. The article takes a prospective approach, offering evaluations of policy objectives for biofuels and expected renewable energy sources. Approximately 5.8% of total electricity demand in Spain is due to the water sector. Irrigated agriculture is one of the Spanish water sectors that show the largest growth in energy requirements. Searches for more efficient modes of farm water use, urban waste water treatment, and the use of desalinated water must henceforth include the energy component. Furthermore, biofuel production, to the levels targeted for 2020, would have an unbearable impact on the already stressed water resources in Spain. However, growing usage of renewable energy sources is not threatened by water scarcity, but legislative measures in water allocation and water markets will be required to meet the requirements of using these sources. Some of these measures, which are pushed by regional governments, are discussed in concluding sections.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Water Science and Technology
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Citations in the corpus
- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Enhancing Adaptive Capacity to Complex Global Challenges (2015, result): “Over the course of a decade and a half working with the nexus in South Asia, the Americas and Europe, it has become evident to us that the term ‘nexus’ can have negative implications, as in various nexus manifestations involving crime (Mears 2001), corruption (Phy 2010), etc.”
- The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in East Asia: A tele-connected value chain analysis using inter-regional input-output analysis (2018, methodology): “An alternative approach with higher sectoral resolution – such as the input-output assisted hybrid life cycle assessment (see Suh, 2004; Li et al., 2012) – was not utilized as the MRIO is the appropriate model for this investigation of the East Asia region.”
- Population–Urbanization–Energy Nexus: A Review (2019, background): “[66] Water–energy Spain • No threat of water scarcity on increasing use of renewable energy sources • Legislative steps required in water allocation 2012”
- The water-energy-food security nexus through the lenses of the value chain and the Institutional Analysis and Development frameworks. (2015, result): “The energy sector is liberalised in Spain, while in Germany and India it is regulated by the central government.”