02028nas a2200169   4500008004100000022001400041245007600055210006900131260001600200520142000216100001901636700002601655700001801681700002301699700002601722856011001748       2022                        eng d  a1606-974900aWater-food-energy nexus for transboundary cooperation in Eastern Africa0 aWaterfoodenergy nexus for transboundary cooperation in Eastern A  cMar-01-20223 aEstablishing cooperation in transboundary rivers is challenging especially with the weak or non-existent river basin institutions. A nexus-based approach is developed to explore cooperation opportunities in transboundary river basins while considering system operation and coordination under uncertain hydrologic river regimes. The proposed approach is applied to the Nile river basin with a special focus on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), assuming two possible governance positions: with or without cooperation. A cooperation mechanism is developed to allocate additional releases from the GERD when necessary, while a unilateral position assumes that the GERD is operated to maximize hydropower generation regardless of downstream users' needs. The GERD operation modes were analysed considering operation of downstream reservoirs and varying demands in Egypt. Results show that average basin-wide hydropower generation is likely to increase by about 547 GWh/year (1%) if cooperation is adopted when compared to the unilateral position. In Sudan, hydropower generation and water supply are expected to enhance in the unilateral position and would improve further with cooperation. Furthermore, elevated low flows by the GERD are likely to improve the WFE nexus outcomes in Egypt under full cooperation governance scenario with a small reduction in GERD hydropower generation (2,000 GWh/year (19%)).
1 aElsayed, Hamdy1 aDjordjević, Slobodan1 aSavic, Dragan1 aTsoukalas, Ioannis1 aMakropoulos, Christos  uhttps://iwaponline.com/ws/article/doi/10.2166/ws.2022.001/86211/Water-food-energy-nexus-for-transboundary