Wind power, hydropower, photovoltaics and other forms of energy generation with low CO2 emissions are supposed to drive the energy transition. But what does this mean for the development of water supply and demand? In the research project "WANDEL - Water Resources as a Significant Factor of the Energy Transition on a Local and Global Level", Prof.'in Dr.-Ing. M. Flörke and the project partners calculated how the new energy mix will affect water availability worldwide. She will explain which conflicts result and why water can become a limiting factor in the next issue of the RUB science magazine "Rubin".

The article can already be read online here.