On 4 December 2018, the Wuppertal Institut in cooperation with the Moroccan research institute MENARES successfully carried out the second stakeholder workshop in the WANDEL case study on solar thermal power plants (CSP) in the Moroccan Ouarzazate.
News
Joint GRoW activities on the water footprint
As part of the GRoW cross-cutting theme "Water Footprint", participants from various GRoW projects wrote a short dossier on "Advancing the Water Footprint into an Instrument to Support the SDGs" and presented it at this year’s World Water Week in Stockholm.
Joint GRoW activities on the Sustainable Development Goals
In the context of the GRoW cross-sectional theme "Goals for Sustainable Development" participants from various GRoW projects have a short dossier on "SDG trade-offs and Synergies "and presented at this year's World Water Week in Stockholm.
GRoW Newsletter October 2019
The GRoW-Newsletter 10/2019 has recently been released and provides information about the central GRoW event of the last months, the participation at the World Water Week in Stockholm.
First WANDEL International Workshop in Kassel
On November 12 and 13, 2018, the "1st International Workshop" in the WANDEL project took place in Kassel, at which international practice partners presented themselves.
Field trip to Brazil
From 04.06 to 09.06.2018, a delegation of the WANDEL team was not only allowed to get to know the wonderful Brazilian hospitality, but also to gain insights into the everyday life of two sugar mills and the associated sugar cane fields in the region of Cerrados in the state of Goiás.
First WANDEL stakeholder workshop in Kassel on the case studies Hydropower and Coal (AP1)
On May 24, 2018, WAWI invited the stakeholders of the case studies "Hydropower on the Upper Danube" and "Coal Power on the Weser" (AP1) to a first workshop in Kassel.
First WANDEL stakeholder workshop in Morocco on the case study Solar Thermal Power Plants (CSP): Participatory scenario development
On April 26, 2018, the Wuppertal Institute in cooperation with the Moroccan research institute MENARES successfully organized the first stakeholder workshop in the WANDEL- Case Study on Solar Thermal Power Plants (CSP) in the Moroccan Ouarzazate.
Exchange on the GRoW cross section topics in Berlin
On the 21st of March 2018 representatives of all GRoW-projects that work on and with the water footprint met in Berlin to talk about interfaces between the projects. On the 22nd and 23rd of March the cross section topics "Economic and other incentive mechanisms" and "Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" were discussed.
WANDEL-Share meeting at mundialis' place in Bonn
On the 31th of January and 1st of Febuary 2018 mundialis presented the prototype of WANDEL-Share geoportal in Bonn.
Press Release
Water is an important factor regarding the usage of fossile and renewable energy carriers. If and how the globally available water supports the usage of renewable energy systems and can thwart fossile energy carriers, is now the focus of a group of nine German research facilities and small and medium-sized enterprises.