Publication detail

Overview of Water Use in Renewable Electricity Generation

Jia, X., Klemeš, J.J., Tan, R.R.

Original Title

Overview of Water Use in Renewable Electricity Generation

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

This work provides an overview of water resources' roles in the development of renewable energy-fueled electricity generation. It shows that the specific water consumptions of electricity from renewable sources vary significantly due to the setting of the system boundary, data availability, and data quality. Hydroelectricity has a relatively more significant water consumption compared with other renewable energy sources due to surface evaporation. The current studies mainly cover the water consumption of the operational stages of renewable energies. The unit water consumption of hydropower ranges from 0.2 to 245 L/kWh, for solar PV ranges from zero to 0.11 L/kWh, wind power from 0 to 0.64 L/kWh, and geothermal from 2.5 to 6.8 L/kWh. Future studies should put effort to provide a unified and comparable database of renewable energy-related water consumption and water pollutant generation. An implication is that renewable energy generation planning should account for local natural conditions, particularly water availability. © 2021, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

Keywords

water; use; renewable; electricity; generation

Authors

Jia, X., Klemeš, J.J., Tan, R.R.

Released

15. 12. 2021

Publisher

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Number

89

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

403

Pages to

408

Pages count

6

URL

http://www.cetjournal.it/cet/21/89/068.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT175962,
  author="Xuexiu {JIA} and Jiří {Klemeš}",
  title="Overview of Water Use in Renewable Electricity Generation",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2021",
  number="89",
  pages="403--408",
  doi="10.3303/CET2189068",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="http://www.cetjournal.it/cet/21/89/068.pdf"
}