The impacts of climate change on energy-water systems and economic analysis

Safieh Javadinejad*, David Hannah, Stefan Krause, Rebwar Dara, Forough Jafary, Mohsen Naseri

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Abstract

In order to develop a valued decision-support system for climate alteration policy and planning, recognizing the regionally-specific features of the climate change, energy-water nexus, and the history of the current and possible future climate, water and energy supply systems is necessary. This paper presents an integrated climate change, water/energy modeling platform which allows tailored climate alteration and water-energy assessments. This modelling platform is established and described in details based on particular regional circumstances. The modeling platform involves linking three different models, including the climate change model from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 under the most severe scenario (Representative Concentration Pathways, Water Evaluation and Planning system and the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning system). This is to understand the impacts of climate variability (changes in temperature and precipitation) on water and electricity consumption in Zayandeh Rud River Basin (Central Iran) for current (1971–2005) and future time period (2006–2040). Climate models have projected that the temperature will increase by 7 °C and precipitation will decrease by 44%, it is also proposed that electricity imports will rise during severe dry scenario in the basin, while power generation will decrease around 8%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-17
Number of pages17
JournalIraqi Geological Journal
Volume53
Issue number2F
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Esfahan Regional Water Authority for funding this study to collect necessary data easily and helped the authors to collect the necessary data without payment, Mohammad Abdollahi and Hamid Zakeri for their helpful contributions to collect the data. All other sources of funding for the research collected from authors. We thank Omid Boyerhassani who provided professional services for check the grammar of this paper. The authors are very grateful to the Editor in Chief Prof. Dr. Salih M. Awadh, the Secretary of Journal Mr. Samir R. Hijab and the Technical Editor Dr. Heba S. Al-Mimar for their great efforts and valuable comments.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Union of Iraqi Geoogists. All rights reserved.

Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Climate change
  • Electricity
  • Energy
  • Integrated modeling
  • Water systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geology

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