Energy modelling and the Nexus concept

Floor Brouwer; Georgios Avgerinopoulos; Dora Fazekas; Chrysi Laspidou; Jean-Francois Mercure; Hector Pollitt; Eunice Pereira Ramos; Mark Howells

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2017.10.005

Energy modelling and the Nexus concept

Floor Brouwer^*, Georgios Avgerinopoulos, Dora Fazekas, Chrysi Laspidou, Jean-Francois Mercure, Hector Pollitt, Eunice Pereira Ramos, Mark Howells

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Abstract

The Nexus concept is the interconnection between the resources energy, water, food, land and climate. Such interconnections enable to address trade-offs and seek for synergies among them. Several policy areas (e.g. bio-based economy, circular economy) increasingly consider the Nexus concept. Ignoring synergies and trade-offs between energy and natural flows, can generate misleading modelling outcomes. Several modelling tools are available to address energy and the Nexus. Based on six such models, this paper aims to support the design and testing of coherent strategies for sustainable development. Model improvements would be achieved by comparing model outcomes and including a common baseline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Journal	Energy Strategy Reviews
Volume	19
Early online date	7 Dec 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2017.10.005
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

Keywords

Climate change
Energy modelling
Food
Nexus concept
Water

UN SDGs

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SIM4NEXUS: Sustainable Integrated Management FOR the NEXUS of water-land-food-energy-climate for a resource-efficient Europe
1/06/16 → 30/06/20
Project: EU research project
AF-EU-16006 SIM4NEXUS (BO-60-101-001, BO-46-001-005, BO-32.02-007-008)
Brouwer, F. (Project Leader)
1/01/16 → 31/12/20
Project: LVVN project

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SIM4NEXUS: Sustainable Integrated Management FOR the NEXUS of water-land-food-energy-climate for a resource-efficient Europe

AF-EU-16006 SIM4NEXUS (BO-60-101-001, BO-46-001-005, BO-32.02-007-008)

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