Adam warren iwa gcwda background

Global Clean Water Desalination Alliance (GCWDA) “H2O minus CO2” Adam Warren, PhD National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) International Water Summit January 17, 2017

Background & Motivation

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Background & Motivation GRACE can track changes in surface and subsurface water mass.

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11 Trillion Gallons to Replenish California Drought Losses

Famiglietti et al 2014 (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA18816) 4

Groundwater depletion in India & Bangladesh dominate total water losses.

Rodell et al., 2009 http://www.jpl.na sa.gov/spaceimage s/details.php?id= PIA20206 5

Groundwater depletion in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Voss et al., 2013.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA20207 6

Global Clean Water Desalinization Alliance (GCWDA) • Launched at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP21 in Paris; • The Alliance is one of the initiatives under the Lima Paris Action Plan • Alliance is open to all categories of actors, such as utilities, industries, research organizations, universities, NGOs, associations, local authorities and governments;

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GCWDA Focus Areas Research Institutes Academia

Equipment Developers

Technolog y

Industry & Utilities Project Developers

National Labs

Business Models

Water Boards & Regulators

Policy

Ministries & Agencies Governments

OEMs

Policy Makers

Financiers NGOs

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Focus Areas – Work Streams Holistic approach, covering research and development, capacity building through a knowledge platform, as well as short, medium and long-term commitments; To set up a framework for actions aimed at fostering a speedier transition to use more energy efficient technologies and clean energy for production of desalinated water; The Alliance will work on 4 key work streams: - Clean energy supply for Desalination plants; - Energy Efficiency, Systems Integration and Demand Response; - Research, Development and Demonstration; and - Education, Training and Outreach.

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Targets and Objectives • The overall objective of the Alliance is to stimulate reductions of CO2 emissions from water desalination through committed actions and policies.

For Future plants

20% clean energy supply for new plants between 2020 and 2025

40% clean energy supply for new plants between 2026 and 2030

60% clean energy supply for new plants between 2031 and 2035

80% clean energy supply for new plants after 2035

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GCWDA Organization Board Members: 4 regions: • Africa and the Middle East • Americas • Asia and Oceania • Europe

Board

Directors

• International organizations

Secretariat

Clean Energy Supply for Desalination Plants

Energy Efficiency, Systems Integration & Demand Response

Each regional group with representatives from: • Government • Industry & Utilities • Financial Institutions • R&D

Research, Development & Demonstration

Secretarial support provided by Masdar

Education, Training & Outreach

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Members of the Board (as of June 23, 2016)

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Directors and Leaders of Work Streams Name

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Organization

Country

Dr. John Lienhard

Professor

Massachusetts Institute of USA Technology (MIT)

Nasser Lootah

Executive Vice President

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Maurice Neo

Deputy Director Public Utilities Board International/Industry (PUB) Relations and IDA Director

UAE Singapore

# Work streams

Led by

Organization

1 Clean energy supply for Desalination Plants

Leon Awerbuch

IDA

Dr. Adam Warren

NREL

3 Research, Development & Demonstration

Dr. John Lienhard

MIT

4 Education, Training & Outreach

Angelina Galiteva & Catherine Mantel

The Renewables 100 Policy Institute; ENGIE

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Energy Efficiency, System Integration & Demand Response

Total members joined GCWDA up to today are 136 members.

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Recent Activities – October workshop at MIT • Two-day workshop at MIT (Oct 2016) • 11 nations represented • Organized by J-WAFS and the GCWDA, the workshop addressed the technological, economic, and regulatory issues in order to produce a roadmap for future research, development, and demonstration projects, and frame a report to be delivered at COP22.

https://jwafs.mit.edu/node/66 14

Summary of Findings

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Upcoming Meeting

Jan 19, 12-1:30 pm All members meeting - GCWDA (Capital Suite #14 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre)

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Questions / Discussion