Renewable energy desalination [[electronic resource] ] : an emerging solution to close the Middle East and North Africa's water gap

• Pubblicazione: Washington DC, : World Bank, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.1/67
• Soggetto topico: Saline water conversion - Middle East; Saline water conversion - Africa, North; Renewable energy sources - Middle East; Renewable energy sources - Africa, North
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Tables; O.1 MENA Annual Water Demand and Supply under Average Climate Change Scenario, 2000-50; Figures; O.1 Sources of New Water Supplies by 2050; O.2 Distribution of Worldwide Desalination Capacity, 2007; O.2 Total Annualized Cost of Desalinated Seawater; O.3 Electricity Cost of Concentrating Solar Power Plants Compared to Specific Cost of Peak-, Medium-, and Baseload Plants (Annualized Costs); O.3 Levelized Costs of Electricity of CSP and Other Technologies; O.4 Total Annualized Cost of RE-Desalinated Seawater; 1. Introduction ; Origin and Purpose of This StudyChapter Summaries; Note; References; 2. MENA's Water Gap Will Grow Fivefold by 2050; 2.1 MENA Annual Water Demand and Supply under Average Climate Change Scenario, 2000-50; Water Availability and Demand; Maps; 2.1 Declining per Capita Water Availability: A Growing Threat in MENA; MENA's Current Water Balance: Already in the Red; 2.1 Water Resources Availability and Use in MENA Countries; Climate Change Threatens MENA's Future Water Availability; 2.2 Predicted Water Availability in the MENA Region, 2010-50; MENA's Future Water Demand: Population and GDP Factor ; 2.2 Predicted Changes in Water Availability in the MENA Region, 2010-502.3 Relation between per Capita Domestic Water Withdrawals and GDP per Capita; 2.3 Distribution of MENA Areas Equipped for Irrigation, 2000; Future Water Balance: The Gap Grows; 2.2 MENA Irrigation Water Demand; 2.3 MENA Water Demand Gap under Three Climate Scenarios, 2000-50; 2.4 Current and Future Water Demand and Unmet Demand Gap under the Average Climate Change Projection; Imperative for Demand and Supply Management; 2.4 Value of Groundwater Depletion in Selected MENA Countries as a Share of GDP ; 2.5 High-Tech Agricultural Packages Increase Water Use Efficiency2.6 Cost Range for Water Reuse; Notes; References; 3. Closing MENA's Water Gap Is Costly and Challenging; Strategic Approach; 3.1 Schematic Representation of Marginal Water Cost Curve; Unit Costs of Tactical Options; Alleviating the Demand Gap; 3.1 Effect of Tactical Options under the Average Climate Scenario to Reduce MENA Water Demand Gap by 2040-50; 3.2 Desalination Will Play a Significant Role in Closing the Water Demand Gap in Most MENA Countries by 2040-50 ; 3.3 Ranking and Magnitude of Tactical Options to Fill the Water Gap by 2050 Vary Considerably by CountryPhasing of Tactical Options Strongly Influenced by Sunk Investment; Transition from Conventional to CSP Desalination; 3.4 Typical Desalination Plant Life Curves, 2010-50; Phasing the Tactical Options; Costs of Adaptation Measures; 3.5 Maximum Annual Capacity Additions for CSP Desalination Plants in MENA; 3.6 Cost-Optimized Pattern of Future Water Supply for MENA under the "Average" Climate Change Scenario, 2000-50; 3.2 Adaptation Costs by Country Ranked by Costs per Capita; Notes ; References
• Sommario/riassunto: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region is one of the most water stressed regions in the world. Water scarcity has already become a challenge to development in many of the countries. Due to increasing population and Projected climate change impacts, MENA's annual water demand gap is projected to grow five-fold by 2050, from today's 42 Km3 to 200 km3 by 2050.Despite its extreme scarcity, water is managed poorly. Inefficiencies are common in the agriculture, municipal and industrial systems; and many utilities are financially unsustainable. As a result, countries overexploit their fossil
• Titolo autorizzato: Renewable energy desalination
• ISBN: 1-283-70516-8; 0-8213-9457-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462345303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II