Water Management for Sustainable Energy Production

Dear Colleagues,

Increasing energy productivity and total energy production are needed to cater to the ever-increasing population and demand from industrial activities. The majority of energy production requires water. Therefore, sustainable energy production involves the sustained availability of water resources. Although water demand has increased, the quantity and quality of usable water have gone down in many parts of the world.

Climate change, including floods and droughts, further exacerbates these challenges to sustainable energy production. Efficient and smart use of resources and the adoption of less water-intensive energy production systems are the current requirements to achieve sustainable energy production.

Advanced energy production methods and advances in the automobile industry have opened up plenty of opportunities for energy producers. Therefore, this Special Issue is developed to collect water management knowledge toward sustainable energy production in an open-access platform.

In the context of the water–energy nexus, this Special Issue aims to identify the opportunities and challenges and discuss water availability for energy production (including oil and gas, electricity) at local, regional, national, and global scales. In particular, the Special Issue will focus on:

1. Water use in energy production, including oil and gas production, and electricity production using various renewable and non-renewable fuel sources;
2. Energy production under shrinking water resources;
3. Availability of water to energy production under historical and projected climate change;
4. Emerging challenges/opportunities related to water resources coming from the electrification of the automobile industry;
5. Emerging challenges/opportunities related to oil and gas production because of competing water demands from other energy production methods (e.g., electricity production).

Dr. Narayanan Kannan
Dr. Aavudai Anandhi
Guest Editors

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