Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study

The United Arab Emirates has recently announced its 2050 Energy Plan, which aims for a 50% clean energy supply. The plan requires diversifying the nation's energy mix and adoption of more renewable energy sources. In addition, climate change and water scarcity issues are key factors to consider...

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Main Authors: Lim, Xiao Y., Foo, Dominic C. Y., Tan, Raymond Girard R.
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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-34692022-11-15T00:18:22Z Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study Lim, Xiao Y. Foo, Dominic C. Y. Tan, Raymond Girard R. The United Arab Emirates has recently announced its 2050 Energy Plan, which aims for a 50% clean energy supply. The plan requires diversifying the nation's energy mix and adoption of more renewable energy sources. In addition, climate change and water scarcity issues are key factors to consider towards building an environmentally sustainable future in the country. Therefore, this paper uses Pinch Analysis to examine the 2050 target, focusing in three key aspects (i.e., carbon emissions, energy return on investment, and water footprint) of the country's power sector. Different scenarios for achieving the 2050 target are studied, accounting for demand growth, energy resource availability, and finally technology feasibility and cost projections. This approach provides a holistic assessment of the impact of each of the three aspects on the power generation sector. By constraining United Arab Emirates carbon emissions to 2012 levels, with maximum energy return on investment and minimum water footprint, the electricity sector in 2050 will be dominated by renewable energy, and particularly solar power. Furthermore, the interdependencies of energy and water policy issues are discussed. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd 2018-04-10T07:00:00Z text text/html https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2470 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3469/type/native/viewcontent Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Energy policy--United Arab Emirates Carbon sequestration Power resources--United Arab Emirates Carbon dioxide mitigation--United Arab Emirates Chemical Engineering
institution De La Salle University
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Philippines
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topic Energy policy--United Arab Emirates
Carbon sequestration
Power resources--United Arab Emirates
Carbon dioxide mitigation--United Arab Emirates
Chemical Engineering
spellingShingle Energy policy--United Arab Emirates
Carbon sequestration
Power resources--United Arab Emirates
Carbon dioxide mitigation--United Arab Emirates
Chemical Engineering
Lim, Xiao Y.
Foo, Dominic C. Y.
Tan, Raymond Girard R.
Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study
description The United Arab Emirates has recently announced its 2050 Energy Plan, which aims for a 50% clean energy supply. The plan requires diversifying the nation's energy mix and adoption of more renewable energy sources. In addition, climate change and water scarcity issues are key factors to consider towards building an environmentally sustainable future in the country. Therefore, this paper uses Pinch Analysis to examine the 2050 target, focusing in three key aspects (i.e., carbon emissions, energy return on investment, and water footprint) of the country's power sector. Different scenarios for achieving the 2050 target are studied, accounting for demand growth, energy resource availability, and finally technology feasibility and cost projections. This approach provides a holistic assessment of the impact of each of the three aspects on the power generation sector. By constraining United Arab Emirates carbon emissions to 2012 levels, with maximum energy return on investment and minimum water footprint, the electricity sector in 2050 will be dominated by renewable energy, and particularly solar power. Furthermore, the interdependencies of energy and water policy issues are discussed. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
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author Lim, Xiao Y.
Foo, Dominic C. Y.
Tan, Raymond Girard R.
author_facet Lim, Xiao Y.
Foo, Dominic C. Y.
Tan, Raymond Girard R.
author_sort Lim, Xiao Y.
title Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study
title_short Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study
title_full Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study
title_fullStr Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study
title_full_unstemmed Pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the United Arab Emirates: A climate-energy-water nexus study
title_sort pinch analysis for the planning of power generation sector in the united arab emirates: a climate-energy-water nexus study
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