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This webinar introduces the framework for the quantitative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water footprints for energy pathways. The Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) model is discussed, and the WEAP-Canada model is examined in depth. We will describe how we use the WEAP model in the power sector and how we integrate WEAP and the Long-range Energy Alternative Planning systems model (LEAP) to obtain integrated energy-GHG-water footprints. The LEAP model is used for GHG emissions of energy pathways. We provide an overview of the research we have conducted using WEAP and some highlights of our future research. This webinar is a follow-up of the earlier webinar on the LEAP-Canada model.

Associated publications:

1. Nogueira Jr E, Kumar M, Pankratz S, Oyedun AO, Kumar A. Development of life cycle water footprints for the production of diluent and hydrogen from algae biomass, Water Research, 2018, 140: 311-322. (PDF)
2. Agrawal N, Ahiduzzaman M, Kumar A. The development of an integrated model for the assessment of water and GHG footprints for the power generation sector, Applied Energy, 2018, 216: 558-575. (PDF)
3. Ali B, Kumar A. Life cycle water-demand coefficients for conventional oil production from five North American locations, Water Research, 2017, 123: 290-300. (PDF)
4. Ali B, Kumar A. Development of life cycle water footprints for oil sands-based transportation fuel production, Energy, 2017, 131: 41-49. (PDF)
5. Ali B, Kumar A. Development of water demand coefficients for power generation from renewable energy technologies, Energy & Conversion Management, 2017, 143, 470–481. (PDF)
6. Ali B, Kumar A, Development of life cycle water footprints for gas-fired power generation technologies, Energy Conversion and Management, 2016, 110: 386–396. (PDF)
7. Wong A, Zhang H, Kumar A. Life cycle water footprint of hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel production from lignocellulosic biomass, Water Research, 2016, 102: 330–345. (PDF)
8. Ali B, Kumar A. Development of life cycle water-demand coefficients for coal-based power generation technologies, Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 90: 247-260. (PDF)
9. Singh S, Kumar A, Jain S. Impact of biofuel production on water demand in Alberta, Canadian Biosystems Engineering, 2015, 56: 8.11-8.22. (PDF)
10. Singh S, Kumar A, Ali B. Integration of energy and water consumption factors for biomass conversion pathways, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2011,5(4), 399-409.  (PDF)
11. Singh S, Kumar A. Development of water requirement factors for biomass conversion pathways, Bioresource Technology, 2011, 102(2), 1316-1328. (PDF)