Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan

Rivotti, Pedro; Karatayev, Marat; Sobral Mourão, Zenaida; Shah, Nilay; Clarke, Michele; Konadu, D. Dennis

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.

Citation

Rivotti, P., Karatayev, M., Sobral Mourão, Z., Shah, N., Clarke, M., & Konadu, D. D. (2019). Impact of future energy policy on water resources in Kazakhstan. Energy Strategy Reviews, 24, Article 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: 2019-04
• Deposit Date: May 16, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 17, 2019
• Print ISSN: 2211-467X
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Article Number: 261-267
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2019.04.009
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1749117
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X19300367