Opportunities for addressing water-energy interactions in energy efficiency policies – examples from Qatar and the GCC Mohammad Al-Saidi Center for Sustainable development Presentation at Energy Efficiency and Cooling Technologies workshop, 3rd May 2017

Water energy nexus

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Source: WEF 2011, Global Risks Report.

Source: Department of Energy, USA

Source: Farid et al. 2016: Opportunities for energy-water nexus management in the Middle East & North Africa

Water use for power production

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Source: Energy101: Energy Technology and Policy, Chapter 30: Energy and Water

Energy Security

Energy for Water

Energy for Agriculture

Socio-Economic stability

Al-Saidi et al. . "Assessment of energy use patterns for water and food production in the MENA region." Energy and Sustainability

Conference (IESC), 2016 International. IEEE, 2016.

Energy use for water and food productions

Water use in different cooling technologies

IEA: Water for Energy – is energy becoming a thirstier resource?

Water energy interactions and utility integration

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Example district cooling and water consumption

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• 60-80% of electricity used for air conditioning

• district cooling consumes less water because of closed-loop operation.

• However, heat disposal is accompanied by considerable loss of fresh water

• Possibility to use treated sewage effluents

• 40-60% energy saving in the case of Qatar Cool plants in Doha

Source: Strategy&, PwC: Unlocking the potential of district cooling

WEF Nexus as a common assessment framework

Al-Saidi, Mohammad, and Nadir Ahmed Elagib. "Towards understanding the integrative approach of the water, energy and food nexus." Science of The Total Environment 574 (2017): 1131-1139.

Water, power and wastewater integrated systems

Source: Farid et al. 2016: Opportunities for energy-water nexus management in the Middle East & North Africa

Opportunity 1: Demand management and energy and water pricing

Source: IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department policy brief, “Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa: Lessons for Reform

• MENA region accounts for 50% of global pre-tax energy subsidies

• Lack of information about savings • Institutional barriers and resistance to reforms

Opportunity 2: Comprehensive regulation and incentives

Source: Joshua P. Meltzer, Nathan Hultman, and Claire Langley Low-Carbon Energy Transitions in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council Region

• Performance standards, codes

• Public sector regulations

• Consumers regulations and incentives for

• Industry incentives for R&D and small scale technologies

Opportunity 3: Common strategies for resource supply securities in the GCC

Al-Saidi, M., Saliba, S., Resource security in the Gulf Council Countries – mapping

risks and global change drivers for water, energy and food supplies, under

publication

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