Delgado, AnnaRodriguez, Diego J.Sohns, Antonia A.2015-03-102015-03-102015-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21576Population growth and economic development, aggravated by climate change, will increase pressure on energy and water resources. Integrated planning can make the most of these two essential and scarce resources. Thirsty Energy, a World Bank initiative, helps countries address these issues and ensure sustainable development of both resources. This note focuses on the water needs of the power sector and particularly answers the following questions: Why is this issue important? Do power plants need all that much water? What about other types of plants? What are the challenges? and, What are our options?en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO MODERN ENERGYAIRALTERNATIVE ENERGYAMBIENT CONDITIONSAQUATIC ORGANISMSASHASSESSMENT PROGRAMAVAILABILITYBALANCEBIOMASSBLACK CARBONBOTTOM LINEBRIQUETTESBURNING COALCARBONCARBON CAPTURECARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECTCHARCOALCLEAN ENERGYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMSCOCO2COALCOAL POWER PLANTSCOLORCOMBUSTIONCOOLINGCOOLING SYSTEMSCOOLING TOWERSCOOLING WATERCYCLE POWER PLANTSDAMSDISTRIBUTION OF ENERGYDROUGHTELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER GENERATIONELECTRICAL POWERELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRIFICATIONEMISSIONEMISSION FACTOREMISSIONSENERGY CONSUMERSENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY DEVELOPMENTENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY GENERATIONENERGY INDUSTRIESENERGY INTENSITYENERGY MIXENERGY OUTLOOKENERGY PLANNINGENERGY SHORTAGESENERGY SOURCESENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEVAPORATIONFLUE GASFORESTFOREST RESIDUESFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFUELFUELSGAS DESULFURIZATIONGASEOUS FUELSGASIFICATIONGEOTHERMAL ENERGYGLOBAL ENERGY MIXGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEATHEAT GENERATIONHEAT INPUTHEAT RATEHEATINGHOT WATERHOUSEHOLD ENERGYHYDROPOWERIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMEINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYIRRIGATIONLEAKAGELIGNITELIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASMETHANEMIRRORSMODERN WORLDMOMENTUMMULTIPURPOSE DAMSNATURAL GASNEGATIVE IMPACTNUCLEAR ENERGYNUCLEAR PLANTSNUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER PLANTSOILPEPEAK LOADSPEAK POWERPELLETSPETROLEUMPETROLEUM GASPIPELINEPLANT EFFICIENCYPOLLUTANTSPOLLUTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIESPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANT FLUEPOWER SECTORPOWER SYSTEMPRESSUREPRIMARY ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCESRIVER BASINSSANITATIONSOLAR ENERGYSOLAR PANELSSOLAR THERMALSOLID FUELSSOURCE OF ENERGYSTEAM CYCLESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTEMPERATURETHERMAL PLANTSTHERMAL POWERTHERMAL POWER PLANTTHERMAL POWER PLANTSTOOLSTRADITIONAL BIOMASSTRANSPORTTURBINETURBINESURANIUMUTILITIESWASTEWASTEWATER TREATMENTWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER SUPPLYWINDWIND ENERGYWIND TURBINESWORLD ENERGYWORLD ENERGY OUTLOOKBrief10.1596/21576