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Renewable Energy

Renewable energy refers to energy sources that are not depleted by their use, including biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind. Renewable energy generation requires significant land area and can impact ecosystems and land-use options. Renewable energy also requires water to grow energy crops, drive turbines, manufacture and clean solar panels and wind turbines.

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Decentralized Solar PV: a Gender Perspective

This report details the importance of Women in the renewable energy sector, specifically their impact in decentralized solar PV in…

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International Renewable Energy Agency

Date:

1 October 2024

Deployment Data

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Renewable Energy Statistics 2024

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) produces comprehensive, reliable datasets on renewable energy capacity and use worldwide. Renewable energy statistics…

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International Renewable Energy Agency

Date:

1 July 2024

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Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2023 Update

The report describes income, demographic, and other socio-economic trends among U.S. residential rooftop solar adopters. The report is based on…

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Berkeley Lab

Date:

1 December 2023

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Wind Energy Costs in Puerto Rico Through 2035

Puerto Rico is focusing on harnessing wind as a potent renewable energy source. The Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act…

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Date:

1 September 2022

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Asia and the Pacific Renewable Energy Status Report

Covering five sub-regions in Asia and the Pacific, this report presents the current status of renewable energy by examining the…

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Asian Development Bank

Date:

1 January 2020

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Agrivoltaic Systems to Optimise Land Use for Electric Energy Production

In this work, a patented “agrivoltaic” solar tracking system named Agrovoltaico is examined in combination with a maize crop in…

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Applied Energy

Date:

15 June 2018

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Agrivoltaic Potential on Grape Farms in India

To investigate and quantify PV generation potential, without significantly harming agriculture output, the authors of this study explore the viability…

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

Date:

1 October 2017

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Aquavoltaics: Synergies for Dual Use of Water Area for Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Generation and Aquaculture

This paper reviews the fields of floatovoltaic technology (i.e., water-deployed solar photovoltaic systems) and aquaculture (i.e., farming of aquatic organisms)…

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Date:

1 December 2017

Tools and Websites

Energy-Water Nexus Crosscut

The Energy-Water Nexus Crosscut Team (originally called the Water-Energy Tech Team) was formed in late 2012 to address these issues.…

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U.S. Department of Energy

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Environmental Defense Fund: Energy-Water Nexus

This website advocates for an integrated approach to energy-water planning.

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Environmental Defense Fund

Tools and Websites

Integrated GREEN Solutions

Integrated GREEN Solutions provides a wide spectrum of environmental services. i.GREENs services can be summarized into three main groups: Training…

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Integrated GREEN Solutions

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Path Choice of Developing Bio-energy while Keeping Food Security ---a General Equilibrium Model

This paper focused on a discussion whether developing bio-energy will threaten food security in China. It constructed a general equilibrium…

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Energy Procedia

Date:

1 May 2017

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PV Water Pumping for Carbon Sequestration in Dry Land Agriculture

This paper is inspired by theory related to the water-food-energy-climate nexus and suggests a novel model, suited for analyzing carbon…

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Energy Procedia

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U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)-Key Issues: Energy-Water Nexus

This website provides resources on water and energy. Water is needed for energy development and generation, and energy is required…

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U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

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Water Energy Nexus: Excerpt from the World Energy Outlook 2016

Based on a detailed review of policy announcements and plans, this report reflects the way that governments, individually or collectively,…

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International Engery Agency

Date:

27 March 2018

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Water Use In India's Power Generation: Impact of Renewables and Improved Cooling Technologies to 2030

This study analyses the prospective impact of renewable energy deployment, along with recently mandated changes to power plant cooling systems,…

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Inernational Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Date:

16 January 2018

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Multi-objective Optimization for Analysis of Changing Trade-offs in the Nepalese Water-Energy-Food Nexus with Hydropower Development

This report proposes a spatially explicit framework that couples two well-established water and power system models to develop a decision…

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Water (journal)

Date:

24 February 2017

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Hydropower Versus Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Patterns

While reservoir operations for hydroelectricity production might support irrigation, there are also well-known cases where hydroelectricity production reduces water availability…

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Environmental Research Letters

Date:

28 February 2017