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A Hybrid AI-Optimization Framework for Resilient Hydropower Operations to Support Grid Stability, Extreme Weather Management, and Large-Scale Industrial Loads
This white paper supports a two-stage decision-support framework that links fast, probabilistic inflow forecasts from modern machine learning and generative AI with multistage stochastic optimization for hydropower scheduling. By propagating uncertainty from prediction into operat...
Ploussard, Q., and Feinstein, J.
Integrated Energy-Water Data for Cross-Sector Resilience
Disjointed management of water and energy systems has created systemic vulnerabilities in the United States, particularly as aging infrastructure, population and industrial growth, and severe weather events strain both sectors. High-quality, standardized datasets like those provid...
Hodson, A., Stokes-Draut, J., Chini, C., Rao, P., and Semrod, K.
GORMan: A framework for Governance, Ontologies, and Risk Management of scalable, cross-sector integration of secure energy-water infrastructure information
This white paper addresses the inherent challenges in applying data-driven approaches to integrated energy-water solutions across the US due to the lack of standardization in collection, storage, governance, management, curation and risk mitigation among data owners across scales...
Fishler, H., May, A., Knight, K., and Rebillout, L.
Regional Energy and Water Resilience Strategies for Critical Thermoelectric Power Generation and Data Center Technologies
This white paper discusses strategies for improving water management in thermoelectric power plants and data centers by focusing on the reclamation and management of cooling water. The primary goal is to efficiently close the water cycle by processing discharged cooling water to r...
Rigby, A., and Wilson, A.
Energy-Water Interdependence Network (EWIN) of Regional Water Supply using Nonconventional Water for Energy-Water Resilience
The focal area of this paper is energy and water interconnection. The challenges faced include the need for extra energy to treat nonconventional water (NCW) and high reginal energy intensity of water supply using NCW. Near-term opportunities are establishing energy-water interdep...
Lin, Y., and Arges, C.
Hardening Forested Watersheds to Wildfire to Enhance Downstream Water Quality for Critical Energy Infrastructure
This white paper focuses on water-for-energy stability, emphasizing the risks to energy infrastructure from water quality impacts due to severely burned forested watersheds. The primary challenge is that energy production in the U.S. is vulnerable to surface water quality, with hi...
Crockett, J., and Krofcheck, D.
Semiconductor Industry Waste Valorization for Recovery of Gallium
This white paper discusses the critical intersection of energy and water resilience, focusing on advancing water reuse and reclamation technologies to address water scarcity, particularly in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The paper emphasizes the importance of recoverin...
Behera, D., and Adhikari, B.
Distributed Pumped Hydro for Sustainable Energy-Water Resilience with Vertical Agriculture
This white paper focuses on water for energy and energy for water and food security.
Pumped Hydro energy storage systems have been utilized for over 100 years to offer many advantages to grid management including long life, high efficiency, low maintenance, dispatchable electrici...
Bibeault, M., Sevanto, S., Hanson, D., and Akil, A.
Energy/Water Operation Smart Contract for Hydropower Plant/Data Centers
We propose an Energy/Water Operation Smart Contract that securely coordinates hydropower plant operations with energy-intensive data-center clusters using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The smart contract provides a decentralized, tamper-resistant layer for operational contr...
Hink, R., Piesciorovsky, E., Hahn, G., Werth, A., and Wang, H.
Forecast-Informed, Market-Responsive Conjunctive Operations for Multi-Reservoir Water-Energy Systems
The white paper, "Forecast-Informed, Market-Responsive Conjunctive Operations for Multi-Reservoir Water-Energy Systems" , addresses the water-for-energy and energy-for-water nexus by proposing a framework for co-optimizing hydropower and cascading reservoir operations alongside fl...
Pavicevic, M., Mork, E., Yu, A., Herman, J., Emmons, J., and Ploussard, Q.