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The water–energy nexus in Middle East and North Africa

Afreen Siddiqi, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2011 - 
- Vol. 39, Iss: 8, pp 4529-4540
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In this paper, a country-level quantitative assessment of the water-energy nexus in the MENA region is performed, and the results show that up to 9% of the total annual electrical energy consumption may be attributed to ground water pumping and desalination.
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This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 449 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Water-energy nexus & Virtual water.

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