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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
energy
Adding value with CLEWS - Modelling the energy system and its interdependencies for Mauritius
Applied Energy, Volume 113, Year 2014
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Climate, Energy, Water and Land-use Systems (CLEWS) are closely integrated. Yet, most related decision and policy making occurs in disparate institutional entities, informed by relatively disconnected assessments of the individual resource systems. This paper presents the added value of an integrated analytical assessment approach. In doing so, it explicitly values various interdependencies and interactions between CLEWS primarily from an energy sector perspective. The island state of Mauritius was identified as a useful case study given its diverse climate, its increasing water stresses, and its policy focus on reshaping agricultural land-use and reducing fossil fuel imports. Several scenarios to 2030 were defined and analysed to demonstrate the tensions around the CLEWS nexus. Results from an assessment of the energy system with no modelled interlinkages to land-use, energy and water systems are first presented. Then, these are compared to those from an integrated CLEWS assessment. This serves to highlight important dynamics that would have been overlooked without such a systems approach. As an example, the added value of this approach is clearly demonstrated when rainfall reductions are taken into account, and where future land-use changes might occur. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Welsch, M.
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
Hermann, Sebastian
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
Howells, Mark I.
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
Rogner, Hans Holger
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
Austria, Laxenburg
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
Young, C.
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholm Environment Institute
Ramma, I.
Mauritius
Agricultural Research and Extension Unit
Bazilian, Morgan D.
Sweden, Stockholm
The Royal Institute of Technology Kth
United States, New York
Columbia University
Fischer, Günther W.
Austria, Laxenburg
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
Alfstad, T.
Austria, Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Gielen, Dolf J.
United Arab Emirates, Masdar City
International Renewable Energy Agency
Le Blanc, D.
United States, New York
United Nations
Röhrl, A.
United States, New York
United Nations
Steduto, Pasquale
Germany, Potsdam
Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Rifs
Müller, A.
Germany, Potsdam
Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam Rifs
Statistics
Citations: 99
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.08.083
ISSN:
03062619
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Mauritius