Water-energy nexus development for sustainable water management in Indonesia

Abstract

This paper is a review of the development of simulation model for water-energy nexus in achieving sustainable water management in Indonesia. It is important to understand complex interconnection of water and energy to create strategy since Indonesia is facing the decrease of resources and increase of demand. A system dynamic simulation model is a reliable tool to simulate the relationship between water and energy. This study objective is to develop a conceptual model that can determine the amount of demand, supply, or import of water and energy. The method used is a Vensim (Ventana Simulation Environment) program. This conceptual water-energy nexus framework could further being tested to calculate the balance of water and energy element and creating sustainable resource management plans.