The Water for Energy Framework, by Laurent Bellet, from EDF, at 2014 UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference. Preparing for World Water Day 2014: Partnerships for improving water and energy access, efficiency and sustainability. 13-16 January 2014

1. Water for Energy
Framework
Initiative presentation
January 2014
Laurent Bellet (EDF) – Project leader
laurent.bellet@edf.fr
Yann Lemoine (EDF) – Project officer
yann.lemoine@edf.fr

2. W4EF project background
 Starting point : WWF6 in Marseille (march 2012)
Consensus and willingness to develop the Framework with an objective
of presenting the final results at the WWF7 in Daegu
 Main ambition: By 2015, Establish a conceptual and analytical Framework for
evaluation and reporting of the energy impacts on water
 Main actors:
+ any interested stakeholders from all water and energy related backgrounds (more
than 30 already involved)
 EIP : The W4EF is an official Action Group of the European Innovation Partnership on Water.
Connect and register to http://www.eip-water.eu/ before joining the W4EF Action Group to have
access to the latest news and documents.

3. Main principles
Need for a common language and methodology : Use, Withdrawal, Evaporation, Consumption,
Waterfootprint, …
To go beyond the ongoing simple volume methods of evaluating energy impacts on water
To be comprehensive, practical, consistent, applicable across all energies sectors
Including : Oil, Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Hydro, Solar, Wind, Biomass, Geothermal, …
Water for Energy : from source to service including production, conversion and transportation
Energy for Water

4. W4EF project scope
W4EF methodology should be usable by any activity taking place in any energy production chain.
Outputs calculated at site level could be aggregated over any required perimeter.

5. W4EF project actors
Steering
Committee
EDF Working
Group
Advisory Council
WWC
WEC
Energy champions
OTHER RENEWABLE
REN - Alliance
NUCLEAR
World Nuclear
Association
OIL & GAS
(?)
HYDROPOWER
International Hydro
Association
BIOMASS
World Bioenergy
Association
COAL
World Coal Institute
Energy companies
Scientific and Institutional
community
EPRI, DHI, SIWI, UNEP, NGOs, …

6. W4EF project main actors

7. W4EF project agenda