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Guidance for Calculating Water Use Embedded in Purchased Electricity

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Summary

This working paper proposes the first comprehensive approach to calculate water withdrawals and consumption associated with purchased electricity. It provides the first international country-level and U.S. subnational-level water use factors detailing the grid- average water withdrawal and consumption resulting from a united of electricity consumption.

Issuer

World Resources Institute

Year

2020

Region

International

Issuer (type)

World Resources Institute (International)

Instrument type

Guidance

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

International

Mandatory or voluntary

Voluntary

Text analysis

    • Very Low 0.14%
    • Low 0.00%
    • E focus: climate change, energy, environment, ghg emissions, ghg reporting, greenhouse gas, renewable energy, waste, water, water risk, water risks, water scarcity, water use, emissions
    • G focus: risk management
    • GRI 303
    • Finance, Manufacturing, Mining, Professional services