Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan
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Journal Article
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2019-04-13
Date Acceptance
2019-04-05
Citation
Energy Strategy Reviews, 2019, 24, pp.261-267
ISSN
2211-467X
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
261
End Page
267
Journal / Book Title
Energy Strategy Reviews
Volume
24
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/).
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/).
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
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Grant Number
EP/K039326/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
Water resources
Energy policy
Water-energy nexus
Energy transition
Kazakhstan
SYSTEM
NEXUS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-04-13