The traded water footprint of global energy from 2010 to 2018.

ABSTRACT: The energy-water nexus describes the requirement of water-for-energy and energy-for-water. The consumption of water in the production and generation of energy resources is also deemed virtual water. Pairing the virtual water estimates for energy with international trade data creates a virtual water trade network, facilitating analysis of global water resources management. In this database, we identify the virtual water footprints for the trade of eleven different energy commodities including fossil fuels, biomass, and electricity. Additionally, we provide the necessary scripts for downloading and pairing trade data with the virtual water footprints to create a virtual water trade network. The resulting database contains country-to-country virtual water trade from 2010-2018, broken down by

SUBMITTER: Chini CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801723 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature