A survey of analytical methods for inclusion in a new energy-water nexus knowledge discovery framework

Melissa R. Allen, Syed Mohammed Arshad Zaidi, Varun Chandola, April M. Morton, Christa M. Brelsford, Ryan A. McManamay, Binita KC, Jibonananda Sanyal, Robert N. Stewart, Budhendra L. Bhaduri

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Abstract

The energy-water nexus, or the dependence of energy on water and water on energy, continues to receive attention as impacts on both energy and water supply and demand from growing populations and climate-related stresses are evaluated for future infrastructure planning. Changes in water and energy demand are related to changes in regional temperature, and precipitation extremes can affect water resources available for energy generation for those regional populations. Additionally, the vulnerabilities to the energy and water nexus are beyond the physical infrastructures themselves and extend into supporting and interdependent infrastructures. Evaluation of these vulnerabilities relies on the integration of the disparate and distributed data associated with each of the infrastructures, environments and populations served, and robust analytical methodologies of the data. A capability for the deployment of these methods on relevant data from multiple components on a single platform can provide actionable information for interested communities, not only for individual energy and water systems, but also for the system of systems that they comprise. Here, we survey the highest priority data needs and analytical methods for inclusion on such a platform.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-227
Number of pages31
JournalBig Earth Data
Volume2
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 3 2018

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by employees of UT-Battelle, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The authors would also like to acknowledge the financial and intellectual support for this research by the Integrated Assessment Research Program of the US Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research and by the Department of Energy Office of Policy. This work is supported in part by NSF ACI-1541215 . This work was supported by the Integrated Assessment Research Program of the US Department of Energy?s Office of Science; Biological and Environmental Research; Department of Energy Office of Policy; NSF ACI-1541215. This manuscript has been authored by employees of UT-Battelle, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The authors would also like to acknowledge the financial and intellectual support for this research by the Integrated Assessment Research Program of the US Department of Energy?s Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research and by the Department of Energy Office of Policy. This work is supported in part by NSF ACI-1541215.

FundersFunder number
Department of Energy Office of Policy
US Department of Energy?s Office of Science
National Science FoundationDE-AC05-00OR22725, ACI-1541215
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Biological and Environmental Research

    Keywords

    • Energy-water nexus
    • analytics
    • data
    • web portal

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