Journal
ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS
Volume 24, Issue -, Pages 261-267Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009
Keywords
Water resources; Energy policy; Water-energy nexus; Energy transition; Kazakhstan
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Funding
- ESPRC through the Whole System Energy Modelling (wholeSEM) consortium
- EPSRC [EP/K039326/1]
- Project - Health, Comfort and Energy in the Built Environment (HEBE) [NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000010]
- Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE2020), through Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
- British Council Newton-Al-Farabi Partnership Programme award 'The potential application of renewable energy for rural energy services and electrification in Kazakhstan'
- Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research
- EPSRC [EP/K039326/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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As part of its strategic economic and social plan, Kazakhstan has a target of increasing the share of renewables and alternative energy sources in power generation to 50% by 2050. This greatly contrasts with the current situation, where around 90% of electricity is produced from fossil fuels. To achieve the target, the introduction of between 600 and 2000 MW of nuclear power is expected by 2030. This would impact water resources, already under stress due to significant losses, heavy reliance on irrigation for agriculture, unevenly distributed surface water, variations in transboundary inflows, amongst others. This study presents an integrated analysis of the water-energy systems in Kazakhstan, to investigate the water resource availability to support such energy system transition.
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