The water implications of generating electricity: water use across the United States based on different electricity pathways through 2050

The power sector withdraws more freshwater annually than any other sector in the US. The current portfolio of electricity generating technologies in the US has highly regionalized and technology-specific requirements for water. Water availability differs widely throughout the nation. As a result, as...

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Main Authors: J Macknick, S Sattler, K Averyt, S Clemmer, J Rogers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045803