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DOI	10.13044/j.sdewes.d8.0335
	Water Scenarios Modelling for Renewable Energy Development in Southern Morocco
	Ersoy, Sibel R.; Terrapon-Pfaff, Julia; Ribbe, Lars; Merrouni, Ahmed Alami
通讯作者	Ersoy, SR
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY WATER AND ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS-JSDEWES
ISSN	1848-9257
出版年	2021
卷号	9 期号:1
英文摘要	Water and energy are two pivotal areas for future sustainable development, with complex linkages existing between the two sectors. These linkages require special attention in the context of the energy transition. Against this background, this paper analyses the role of water availability in the development of solar thermal and photovoltaic power plants for the case of the Draa Valley in southern Morocco. Located in a semi-arid to arid mountainous area, the Draa Valley faces high water stress - a situation expected to worsen due to climate change. At the same time, the region has one of the greatest potentials for solar energy in the world. To examine whether limited water availability could accelerate or delay the implementation of solar thermal and photovoltaic power plants, this paper compares regional water availability and demand in the Draa Valley for different scenarios, paying particular attention to potential socio-economic development pathways. The Water Evaluation and Planning System software is applied to allocate the water resources in the study region. The water supply is modelled under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 climate scenario, while the water demand for the Draa Valley is modelled for a combination of three socio-economic and two energy scenarios. The climate scenario describes a significant decrease in water availability by 2050, while the socio-economic and energy scenarios show an increase in water demand. The results demonstrate that during a sequence of dry years the reservoirs water availability is reduced and shortages in water supply can result in high levels of unmet demand. If this situation occurs, oasis farming, water for drinking and energy production could compete directly with each other for water resources. The energy scenarios indicate that the use of dry cooling technologies in concentrated solar power and photovoltaic hybrid systems could be one option for reducing competition for the scarce water resources in the region. However, given that energy generation accounts for only a small share of the regional water demand, the results also suggest that socio-economic demand reduction, especially in the agricultural sector, for example by reducing the cultivated area, will most likely become necessary.
英文关键词	Water evaluation and planning Water demand modelling Hybrid concentrated solar power-photovoltaic systems Scenario Socio-economic development Morocco
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Other Gold, Green Published
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000581114800008
WOS关键词	POWER
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/334817
作者单位	[Ersoy, Sibel R.; Terrapon-Pfaff, Julia] Wuppertal Inst Climate Environm & Energy, Div Future Energy & Ind Syst, Doppersberg 19, D-42103 Wuppertal, Germany; [Ribbe, Lars] Tech Univ Cologne, Inst Technol & Resources Management, Betzdorferstr 2, D-50679 Cologne, Germany; [Merrouni, Ahmed Alami] Univ Mohammed First, Dept Phys, Mat Sci New Energies & Applicat Res Grp, Mohammed V Ave,POB 524, Oujda 6000, Morocco; [Merrouni, Ahmed Alami] Inst Rech Energie Solaire & Energies Nouvelles IR, Green Energy Pk,Km 2 Route Reg R206, Benguerir, Morocco
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ersoy, Sibel R.,Terrapon-Pfaff, Julia,Ribbe, Lars,et al. Water Scenarios Modelling for Renewable Energy Development in Southern Morocco[J],2021,9(1).
APA	Ersoy, Sibel R.,Terrapon-Pfaff, Julia,Ribbe, Lars,&Merrouni, Ahmed Alami.(2021).Water Scenarios Modelling for Renewable Energy Development in Southern Morocco.JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY WATER AND ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS-JSDEWES,9(1).
MLA	Ersoy, Sibel R.,et al."Water Scenarios Modelling for Renewable Energy Development in Southern Morocco".JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY WATER AND ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS-JSDEWES 9.1(2021).