Solar and wind energy enhances drought resilience and groundwater sustainability

The role of solar and wind energy (SWE) in management of water-food-energy (WFE) nexus is largely neglected. Here the authors developed a trade-off frontier framework to quantify the water sustainability value of SWE and applied it in California, where they found that SWE penetration creates benefic...

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Auteurs principaux: Xiaogang He, Kairui Feng, Xiaoyuan Li, Amy B. Craft, Yoshihide Wada, Peter Burek, Eric F. Wood, Justin Sheffield
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c16d3f1b30bf4f33846610cf718c4053
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Résumé:The role of solar and wind energy (SWE) in management of water-food-energy (WFE) nexus is largely neglected. Here the authors developed a trade-off frontier framework to quantify the water sustainability value of SWE and applied it in California, where they found that SWE penetration creates beneficial feedback for the WFE nexus by enhancing drought resilience and benefits groundwater sustainability over long run.