Sea Water Desalination in Microgrids

Introduction.- Revision of Decision/Making Tools for Sustainable Planning and Proposal of a Novel Conceptual Framework for the Energy-Water-Food Nexus.- Comprehensive assessment of Gran Canaria food-energy-water nexus with GIS-based tool.- Review of Wind energy technology and associated market and economic conditions in Spain.- Photovoltaic self-consumption and net-metering: Measures to remove economic non-market failure and institutional barriers that restrict their use in Spain.- Surrogate optimization of coupled energy sources in a desalination microgrid based on solar PV and wind energy.- Reduction of water cost for an existing wind energy-based desalination scheme: A preliminary configuration.- Stress Mitigation of Conventional Water Resources in Water-Scarce areas through the use of Renewable Energy Powered Desalination Plants: An application to the Canary Islands.- Feasibility Analysis of Wind and Solar Powered Desalination Plants: An Application to Islands.