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Renewable Energy for Water–Energy Nexus in Euphrates and Tigris River Basin: A Literature Review

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Their Environment from Headwaters to Mouth

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Understanding the interdependency of energy and water and the influencing factors as well as how this interrelation impacts the other essential sectors for the riparian states in the Euphrates and Tigris river basin. A literature review was conducted on the water stress, dispute and the renewable energy resources available in the basin. The water usage in the energy sector and the energy consumption in the water sector are reviewed. Nexus thinking and stakeholders’ engagement approach were discussed to mitigate the water dispute in the basin. The asymmetry in power with the resources diversity in the riparian countries was promoted as an entry point for more collaboration and joint actions. The renewable energy resources availability was reviewed incomparable to the status of the renewable energy sources utilised, that already exist or are planned in the basin.

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Dawood, F. (2021). Renewable Energy for Water–Energy Nexus in Euphrates and Tigris River Basin: A Literature Review. In: Jawad, L.A. (eds) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Their Environment from Headwaters to Mouth. Aquatic Ecology Series, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_14

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