Engineering topics
Tidwell, Vincent Carroll
Publications and source records attributed to Tidwell, Vincent Carroll.
The Water-Energy Nexus: Capturing the Benefits of Integrated Resource Management.
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A Regional Model of Human Migration and Climate Change Effects.
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A Regional Model of Human Migration and Climate Change Effects.
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Cooperative Planning for the Energy-Water-Climate Nexus.
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Complex System Analytics: presentations to External Advisory Panel.
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Planning for the Electricity-Water Nexus
Energy production requires water, while the conveyance, storage, and treatment of water requires energy—this is the energy-water nexus. The importance of this nexus has recently been highlighted by droughts reducing hydropower production, heat waves impacting stream water temperatures forcing nuclear and coal-fired power plants to suspend operations, floods and hurricanes damaging energy infrastructure, and the denial of new power plant permits due to limited water availability. All this while the energy intensity of the water sector is increasing as water is moved from more distant locations and increasing water treatment is required. Tackling this energy-water nexus will require significant coordination between water and energy managers from the local to the federal level.
Regional Analysis of Energy Water Land and Climate Interactions.
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Integrated Energy-Water Planning in the Western and Texas Interconnections.
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Nationwide water availability data for energy-water modeling
The purpose of this effort is to explore where the availability of water could be a limiting factor in the siting of new electric power generation. To support this analysis, water availability is mapped at the county level for the conterminous United States (3109 counties). Five water sources are individually considered, including unappropriated surface water, unappropriated groundwater, appropriated water (western U.S. only), municipal wastewater and brackish groundwater. Also mapped is projected growth in non-thermoelectric consumptive water demand to 2035. Finally, the water availability metrics are accompanied by estimated costs associated with utilizing that particular supply of water. Ultimately these data sets are being developed for use in the National Renewable Energy Laboratories' (NREL) Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) model, designed to investigate the likely deployment of new energy installations in the U.S., subject to a number of constraints, particularly water.
Resource Management and Climate Adaptation Through Collaborative Modeling.
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