The database was developed as part of a research endeavor funded by the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight. This resulted in a paper analyzing freshwater demand for electricity in the year 2020. The paper is available from here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EW00246F.
The article provides a detailed analysis of freshwater demand for electricity production in Africa, using freely accessible data. The study includes 2,534 power plants, categorizing them by fuel type, operation cycle, infrastructure, cooling system, and local climate. Total water withdrawal and consumption were 33,108 million m³ and 23,822 million m³ per year, respectively, for 2020. The study’s open-access database offers valuable statistics for water management and energy stakeholders, with results available at national, subnational, and river basin levels. This comprehensive compilation allowed for an accurate assessment of freshwater demand for electricity production at various geographic scales.
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