Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan

Rivotti, Pedro; Karatayev, Marat; Sobra Mourão, Zenaida; Shah, Nilay; Clarke, Michèle L.; Konadu, D. Dennis

Abstract

© 2019 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.

Citation

Rivotti, P., Karatayev, M., Sobra Mourão, Z., Shah, N., Clarke, M. L., & Konadu, D. D. (2019). Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan. Energy Strategy Reviews, 24, 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 5, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 13, 2019
• Publication Date: Apr 13, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jun 26, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 26, 2019
• Journal: Energy Strategy Reviews
• Print ISSN: 2211-467X
• Electronic ISSN: 2211-4688
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Pages: 261-267
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009
• Keywords: Water resources; Energy policy; Water-energy nexus; Energy transition; Kazakhstan
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1748242
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19300367
• Additional Information: This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan; Journal Title: Energy Strategy Reviews; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd.