A Nexus Approach for Sustainable Urban Energy-Water-Waste Systems Planning and Operation

Energy, water, and waste systems analyzed at a nexus level are important to move toward more sustainable cities. In this paper, the “resilience.io” platform is developed and applied to emphasize on waste-to-energy pathways, along with the water and energy sectors, aiming to develop waste treatment capacity and energy recovery with the lowest economic and environmental cost. Three categories of waste including wastewater (WW), municipal solid...