Evaluating options for balancing the water-electricity nexus in California: Part 2-greenhouse gas and renewable energy utilization impacts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 711-724

  Tarroja, Brian ^a   AghaKouchak, Amir ^a   Sobhani, Reza ^a   Feldman, David ^a   Jiang, Sunny ^a   Samuelsen, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Greenhouse gas; Renewable energy; Securing water resources; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CALIFORNIA; DEMAND CONDITIONS; ENERGY SIGNATURES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TECHNICAL POTENTIAL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ENERGY; WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURES;

WATER SUPPLY;

SURFACE WATER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROPOWER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947129887     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.071     Document Type: Article

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