Mapping water consumption for energy production around the Pacific Rim

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Tidwell, Vincent ^a   Moreland, Barbie ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Akima Infrastructure Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; energy fuels; energy water nexus; thermoelectric power; water stress

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

ASIA-PACIFIC; ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION; ENERGY-WATER NEXUS; FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER STRESS; WORLD ENERGY DEMAND;

EXTRACTION;

BIOFUEL; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MAPPING METHOD; POWER GENERATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 84994238886     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094008     Document Type: Article

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