An integrated assessment of global and regional water demands for electricity generation to 2095

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-313

  Davies, Evan G R ^a   Kyle, Page ^b   Edmonds, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric power; Integrated assessment; Water consumption; Water use; Water withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER USE; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRICITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84872165813     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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