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Opportunities for addressing water-energy interactions in energy efficiency policies – examples from Qatar and the GCC Mohammad Al-Saidi Center for Sustainable development Presentation at Energy Efficiency and Cooling Technologies workshop, 3rd May 2017
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Water energy nexus
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Source: WEF 2011, Global Risks Report.
Source: Department of Energy, USA
Source: Farid et al. 2016: Opportunities for energy-water nexus management in the Middle East & North Africa
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Water use for power production
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Source: Energy101: Energy Technology and Policy, Chapter 30: Energy and Water
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Energy Security
Energy for Water
Energy for Agriculture
Socio-Economic stability
Al-Saidi et al. . "Assessment of energy use patterns for water and food production in the MENA region." Energy and Sustainability
Conference (IESC), 2016 International. IEEE, 2016.
Energy use for water and food productions
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Water use in different cooling technologies
IEA: Water for Energy – is energy becoming a thirstier resource?
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Water energy interactions and utility integration
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Example district cooling and water consumption
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• 60-80% of electricity used for air conditioning
• district cooling consumes less water because of closed-loop operation.
• However, heat disposal is accompanied by considerable loss of fresh water
• Possibility to use treated sewage effluents
• 40-60% energy saving in the case of Qatar Cool plants in Doha
Source: Strategy&, PwC: Unlocking the potential of district cooling
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WEF Nexus as a common assessment framework
Al-Saidi, Mohammad, and Nadir Ahmed Elagib. "Towards understanding the integrative approach of the water, energy and food nexus." Science of The Total Environment 574 (2017): 1131-1139.
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Water, power and wastewater integrated systems
Source: Farid et al. 2016: Opportunities for energy-water nexus management in the Middle East & North Africa
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Opportunity 1: Demand management and energy and water pricing
Source: IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department policy brief, “Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons for Reform
• MENA region accounts for 50% of global pre-tax energy subsidies
• Lack of information about savings • Institutional barriers and resistance to reforms
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Opportunity 2: Comprehensive regulation and incentives
Source: Joshua P. Meltzer, Nathan Hultman, and Claire Langley Low-Carbon Energy Transitions in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council Region
• Performance standards, codes
• Public sector regulations
• Consumers regulations and incentives for
• Industry incentives for R&D and small scale technologies
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Opportunity 3: Common strategies for resource supply securities in the GCC
Al-Saidi, M., Saliba, S., Resource security in the Gulf Council Countries – mapping
risks and global change drivers for water, energy and food supplies, under
publication
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