Carrying Capacity of Water Resources for Renewable Energy Development in Arid Regions in Northwest China: A Case Study of Golmud, Qinghai
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| 作者 | Hou, Wenjuan1; Li, Xiaojie2; Yang, Linsheng1,3; Ta, Wanquan4; Jia, Xiaopeng4 |
| 刊名 | FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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| 出版日期 | 2022-05-12 |
| 卷号 | 10页码:12 |
| 关键词 | arid region solar and wind energy water footprint of electricity generation water resource requirement scenario analysis |
| DOI | 10.3389/fenvs.2022.892414 |
| 通讯作者 | Hou, Wenjuan(houwenjuan@igsnrr.ac.cn) |
| 英文摘要 | Abstract: Northwest China has become a base for wind and solar energy development due to its rich wind and solar resources and large area of desert and unutilized land. However, whether the scarce water resources in the arid regions there can meet the requirements for renewable energy development is currently a pressing, critical problem. Therefore, the life cycle water footprint (WF) of the renewable energy industry-its wind energy, photovoltaic (PV), and concentrated solar power (CSP) electricity generation enterprises-in the basin area of Golmud, Qinghai, a typical arid region in Northwest China, has been investigated in this study. Water consumption by local renewable energy enterprises was estimated under current (2020) scenarios [i.e., different (local/vs. nonlocal) origins of equipment and raw materials used, and employees hired by these enterprises] and three future scenarios (i.e., different ratios between installed capacities of wind energy, PV, and CSP at a fixed total renewable energy electricity generation capacity assuming China's carbon emission will peak then). The results revealed that water consumption by local renewable energy enterprises in 2020 was 1.62 x 10(6)-1.31 x 10(7) m(3), accounting for 0.07-0.6% of the current total water resources in the basin area of Golmud. Water consumption by the local salt chemistry industry, a pillar industry in Golmud whose water consumption is high, accounted for 2.69% of the total water resources being 4.24-34.37 times that of the local renewable energy industry. To reach the goal of carbon emissions peaking by 2030 requires an increase of 6.17 x 10(6) kW in the installed capacity for wind and solar power generation in Golmud, would translate into an increase of 1.57 x 10(7)-6.46 x 10(7) m(3) in water consumption, this accounting for 7.15-19.35% of the remaining available water resources in the basin area of Golmud. Our results indicate that the expansion of the local renewable energy industry has exerted significant pressure on the already scarce water resources in Golmud. Therefore, future increases in the installed capacity for renewable energy electricity generation should be planned scientifically, by considering the availability of water resources as a constraint. |
| WOS关键词 | POWER |
| 资助项目 | Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA23100403] ; Strategic Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[GHJ-ZLZX-2021-18] |
| WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 出版者 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000804767600001 |
| 资助机构 | Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Strategic Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/178835]  |
| 专题 | 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Hou, Wenjuan |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat 1Key, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.China Agr Univ, Coll Land Sci & Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, Key Lab Desert & Desertificat, Lanzhou, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hou, Wenjuan,Li, Xiaojie,Yang, Linsheng,et al. Carrying Capacity of Water Resources for Renewable Energy Development in Arid Regions in Northwest China: A Case Study of Golmud, Qinghai[J]. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE,2022,10:12. |
| APA | Hou, Wenjuan,Li, Xiaojie,Yang, Linsheng,Ta, Wanquan,&Jia, Xiaopeng.(2022).Carrying Capacity of Water Resources for Renewable Energy Development in Arid Regions in Northwest China: A Case Study of Golmud, Qinghai.FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE,10,12. |
| MLA | Hou, Wenjuan,et al."Carrying Capacity of Water Resources for Renewable Energy Development in Arid Regions in Northwest China: A Case Study of Golmud, Qinghai".FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 10(2022):12. |
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