International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 3 1Corresponding author - e-mail: almulla@kth.se International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 03–28 ABSTRACT Low-carbon hydropower is a key energy source for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 - sustainable energy for all. Meanwhile, the effects of hydropower development and its operation are complex - and potentially a source of tension on Transboundary Rivers. This paper explores solutions that consider both energy and water to motivate transboundary cooperation in the operation of hydropower plants (HPPs) in the Drina River Basin (DRB) in South-East Europe. Here the level of cooperation among the riparian countries is low. The Open Source energy Modeling System-OSeMOSYS was used to develop a multi-country model with a simplified hydrological system to represent the cascade of HPPs in the DRB; together with other electricity options, including among others: energy efficiency. Results show that improved cooperation can increase electricity generation in the HPPs downstream without compromising generation upstream. It also demonstrates the role of inexpensive hydropower to enhance electricity trade in the region. Implementing energy efficiency measures would reduce the generation from coal power plants, thereby mitigating CO2 emissions by as much as 21% in 2030 compared to the 2015 levels. In summary, judicious HPP operation and electricity system development will help the Western Balkans reap significant gains. 1. Introduction Improving cooperation in the management of transboundary waters has been an important goal in the international community for decades. Bilateral and regional agreements on transboundary waters have been in place for more than 100 years [1] with more than 400 treaties adopted to manage transboundary rivers and lakes [2]. Since 1948, about 295 international water agreements have been negotiated and signed [3]. The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes “Water Convention” was adopted in 1992 and entered into force in 1996 [4]. However, around two-thirds of the world’s transboundary rivers lack a cooperative management framework [3]. The analysis of individual systems such as energy and water is undertaken routinely [5] and is often focused only on a single resource [6]. In the early 1970s, some aspects of integrated system thinking were introduced in the study The Limits to Growth by [7]. Around the same time, a second study focused on connected resources: water, energy, land, materials and manpower (WELMM) [8]. Further noticeable studies were introduced in the last two decades such as [5], [6], [9], and in 2011 the Bonn Nexus conference took place [10], where the nexus approach was presented as an integrated assessment The role of energ y-water nexus to motivate transboundar y cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin Youssef Almulla1*, Eunice Ramos1, Francesco Gardumi1, Constantinos Taliotis1, Annukka Lipponen2 and Mark Howells1 1KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 68, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden 2The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Bureau S411, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Keywords: Energy-Water Nexus; Transboundary Cooperation; Hydropower; Drina River Basin; CLEWs; OSeMOSYS; URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.2018.18.2 http://dx.doi.org/10.5278/ijsepm.2018.18.2 4 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin framework that supports the transition to green economy [11]. The Climate, Land-use, Energy, Water systems (CLEWs) framework was also introduced to study conflicting objectives and identify synergies and trade-offs between sectors which otherwise may not be revealed [12]. While the definitions and scoping of nexus analysis vary, it is often presented as the integration of multiple sectoral elements of energy, water, and food production within an overarching governance approach [13]. The nexus approach is broader than established ‘integrated’ sectoral policy approaches, such as Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)i. The latter considers all water uses and the energy sector is an important water user [15]. However, energy is also used to pump and supply water. Thus, in times of water shortage, the energy system can be strained to reduced hydropower production, this is in turn compounded as energy demand for water pumping can concurrently increase. This and other phenomena are not captured without considering both water and energy systems scenarios simultaneously [16]. This typically falls outside of the scope of (Integrated Resource Planning) IRPs for electricity [17] or IWRMs for water management. Water as well as electricity and energy carriers often “flow” across State borders and developments in water and energy infrastructures have transboundary impacts, making cooperation crucial. If either water or energy can bring together the basin countries to look at both sectors together, cooperation could potentially provide a broader set of benefits. In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared the ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Out of the 17 SDGs, this work is focused on three of them, namely SDG6, 7 and 17. SDG 6 aims at ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. It has clearly highlighted the importance of transboundary cooperation in the sustainable management of water and sanitation in target 6.5ii. Hydropower is a key low cost (affordable) renewable energy technology (RET). RET is needed to achieve SDG 7, specifically target 7.1 on universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy service and target 7.2 on increasing the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. Since SDGs can not be achieved independently. SDG 17 aims at strengthening global partnership and its target 17.14 focuses specifically on enhancing policy coherence for sustainable development [18] to integrate different dimensions of sustainability in policymaking in a balanced way. Furthermore, in 2016 the Paris agreement on climate change was signed [19]. This agreement requires all countries to contribute to the mitigation of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions by bringing forward their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and to strengthen these efforts in the years ahead. Again, the importance of RET and thus hydropower is underlined. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), under the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), conducted several assessments of the “water-energy-food- ecosystem nexus” on transboundary water basins such as: Alazani/Ganykh, Syr Darya, Isonzo/Soča and Sava river basins [20]. Among other benefits, these efforts led to the development of the Transboundary River Basin Nexus Approach (TRBNA) [16], which will be used in this study to zoom into the Sava river’s main tributary – the Drina River. (An analysis for the broader Sava river basin is forthcoming [21]). This approach employs ‘nexus dialogues’ between different stakeholders in the study area in the form of workshops, bilateral meetings and online exchanges of information [22]. These happen at various stages of the study. The workshops bring together representatives from water, energy, agriculture and environment sectors coming from ministries or NGOs or utilities. Each sectoral representative sketches scenarios for that sector’s development. Draws and impacts on other sectors are identified. From these an integrated picture is developed and then quantified in a nexus assessment (and modelling effort). Stresses plus opportunities (due to the linkages between sectors) are jointly identified and solutions co-created. Additionally, the interactions with stakeholders facilitate data collection and/or suggest reasonable assumptions and finally, the findings of the nexus assessment are consolidated through these dialogues. 1.1. The Drina River Basin (DRB) The Drina River Basin (DRB) is located in Southeast Europe and has a surface area of 20,320 km2 [23]iii . The Drina river is formed by the Piva and Tara rivers, both flowing from Montenegro and converging at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina to form the Drina river, which continues flowing northwards to feed into the Sava river as shown in Figure 1 [25]. The DRB is almost evenly distributed between three of the four riparian countries. It covers the northern half of Montenegro (32% of the river basin), part of the east of Bosnia and International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 5 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells cooperation among the countries on the operation of HPPs in the DRB. Flow regulation is sub-optimal because most HPPs in the basin mostly operate independently [29] rather than being coordinated through a single entity or arrangement that coordinates the operation of all HPPs between various operators. Effective regulation of river flow through reservoir operation and scheduled water releases can secure appropriate ecological flows, therefore minimising the impacts of low flows (in dry seasons) and provide flood protection (in wet seasons) [25]. This is unfortunately not the case in the DRB, where the uncoordinated operation of HPPs has a negative impact on the river flow by imposing a fluctuating flow regime along the river. This fluctuation affects water availability Herzegovina (36% of the river basin), part of the west of Serbia (31% of the river basin) and a very small part of the north of Albania (less than 1% of the river basin area) [26]. This study will focus on the first three riparian countries only. The hydropower system in the DRB was built between the 1960s and 1990 [25] when the countries were part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The operation of the HPPs system was planned and managed so to work in an optimised manner, with the flow regime controlled to minimise impacts of lower and higher flows attenuating natural extremes [28]. This coordination was not maintained after the breakup of Yugoslavia, and there is currently low (or rather, informal and not institutionalised) Figure 1: Map of the Drina River Basin (DRB) showing the key nexus overlap between energy, land-use and agriculture [27] 6 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin and electricity generation using the case study of the Drina River Basin (DRB). Through this approach, informed by the nexus dialogue with stakeholders in the basin, several nexus issues have been identified [26]. Selected issues are addressed in the paper by the use of a modelling framework, with the aim to achieve the following specific objectives: 1) Quantify the benefits of optimised production from the hydropower plants in the DRB through enhanced cooperation; 2) Explore the impact of cooperation on the generation output of hydropower plants and on electricity trade between the DRB countries and neighbouring countries; 3) Investigate the impacts of the implementation of (additional to 1&2) energy efficiency measures on emission mitigation and achieving the countries NDCs. The modelling framework is meant to provide long- term insights on the impacts and benefits that would derive for the countries in the river basin if cooperation and energy efficiency were to be enhanced. It is not intended to suggest specific short-term operational decisions by the power plant operators or new regulations, which are left to the relevant decision makers. Currently, such decision makers consist of the regulatory authorities of each country, since much of the electricity system is controlled by state-owned. 2. Methodology 2.1. OSeMOSYS The Drina River Basin Energy-Water Model was developed for this analysis using the Open Source energy MOdelling SYStem (OSeMOSYS), which is a bottom-up long-range energy system optimisation tool [37]. It includes the whole electricity system, from demand to supply and trade. It dynamically determines the electricity generation mix (in terms of technology portfolio and electricity generation) which minimises the net present cost of electricity generation over the entire modelling period, considering constraints related to resource availability, electricity demand, capacity adequacy and production limits. Specific resource availability limits are introduced to simulate water constraints. In previous studies [38],[39],[40], water constraints have been introduced in OSeMOSYS but as exogenous model inputs. This study employs a water balance to replicate a simplified ‘hydrological’ model that is introduced for the first time in OSeMOSYS.org, and electricity generation in the HPPs downstream, which became more vulnerable to both lower and higher flows. Moreover, there is an urgent need to mitigate the risk of floods [30], and the uncoordinated operation of the hydropower plants with significantly associated reservoir capacity may cause or aggravate high water levels. In addition to the ecological flow regulations, the European Fish Directive [31], [32] aims to protect and improve the quality of fresh water. This is to protect fish and wildlife habitat from sudden and large fluctuations in water temperature. The directive differentiates between two types of fresh water, salmonid water and cyprinid water, and sets different limits on each type to regulate thermal discharge from thermal power plants to the river. Such limits can curtail thermal power plants output, especially during droughts – or times of high ambient and river temperatures. The curtailment of thermal power plants generation due to thermal discharge constraints can result. This can increase the demand for hydropower generation, which, in seasons of low water availability, would put the security of supply at risk. Based on this, a recent study suggests the importance of relaxing these constraints in extreme weather conditions (i.e. hot droughts) to secure electricity supply [33]. The full coordination of cascaded hydropower plants through the smart management of reservoirs discharges has the potential to regulate flow and temperature of rivers and may significantly reduce the need for curtailments of thermal generation in extreme weather conditions [34]. The benefits may be magnified if such coordination is allowed on the transboundary level. (Typically control and thus coordination can be at national or utility level). Electricity trade plays an important role in the DRB countries and in the Balkan region in general. The creation of a regional electricity market among Western Balkan countries, Contracting Parties of the Energy Community, is one of the priority clusters of the EnC Treaty [35]. Additionally, the regional market development is foreseen to be integrated into the Pan- European electricity Market [36]. Given the high share of electricity generation by hydropower plants, these play a key role in determining the electricity trade potential of each country in the Drina sub-basin. Furthermore, the level of export is related to the quantity of energy used domestically by each country and will, therefore, be affected by actions aimed to improve energy efficiency. 1.2. Aims and objectives This paper gives an example of implementing the TRBNA to support cooperation in transboundary water management International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 7 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells country from primary resources to power supply technologies, transmission and distribution networks down to the final electricity demand. The model is essentially constituted by so-called ‘technologies’ and ‘fuels’. The technologies represent any (aggregated or not) process transforming one energy carrier into another. The fuels represent the energy carriers flowing between technologies. For example, coal flows from a resource technology at the primary level to a thermal power plant to generate electricity at the secondary level with a certain efficiency. In turn, the electricity flows to the transmission and distribution network (with associated losses) to meet the final demand as shown in Figure A 1 of Appendix A. As far as the power supply technologies are concerned, all thermal power plants are aggregated by type of fuel they use. They are however split between country and within each country, they are split between power plants inside and outside the Drina river basin. Non-hydro renewable power plants, namely solar, wind and biomass are included in the model as indicated in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) of each country [48], [49], [50]. Hydropower plants in the three countries are considered in the model as will be described in the ’hydrological system’. Finally, the interconnections between the countries sharing the basin and those with other countries are represented in the model as shown in Table A 5. Each power supply technology is characterised by economic, technical and environmental parameters (such as capital costs, variable and fixed operating costs, efficiency, emission rates, input and output fuels, availability, maximum load factors, etc.) which are user- defined. Most of the parameters fed to the model are time- dependent and can be adjusted over the time domain of the study, which extends from 2017 to 2030. Detailed modelling assumptions and technology inputs are given in Appendix A. The ‘hydrological system’ represents the Drina River (downstream) and its main tributaries (upstream): Uvac, Lim, Piva, Tara and Ćehotina as shown in Figure 2. In this system, water flows from an upstream tributary (or river segment), it passes through a reservoir and a HPP and it reaches the downstream river (or river segment). When a dam is present in a certain part of a river, it is allowed to fill up the reservoir. Inflows are a function of upstream water runoff, extraction of upstream HPP and dam operation. They generally depend on the season. Outflows are a function of over-flows, other discharges and associated HPP operation. Historical data from gauging stations [51] are used to calculate the average and for the first time in any model application in the basin. Several studies have been carried out on the basin power plants. Most studies, however, considered smaller parts of the Drina basin and certain selections of power plants [41],[42],[43] or focused on hydrological aspects only [37],[43],[45]. There is no study that investigates the long-term impacts of energy and water nexus considering all HPPs in the DRB using the method applied here. The aforementioned objectives of this analysis can only be achieved if the full electricity system of the three riparian countries is modelled rather than a simplified representation of the power plants in the basin only, and that is mainly due to to the facts that: 1) All the hydropower plants in the basin are linked to the electricity grid in each of the three riparian countries and contribute to meeting the electricity demand on a country level. Hence, any changes in the operation of the hydropower plants will affect the national supply systemiv and, vice versa, any increased electricity demand can probably cause extra stress on the hydropower plants in the basin. 2) Electricity trade opportunities can be seen in the national context. Since there is no basin level electricity trade market, the DRB contributes to the surpluses that can be traded in each country on the national level. 3) Energy efficiency measures are related to national targets and affect the overall electricity system and are not limited to the basin level. 2.2. Model structure The Drina River Basin Water Energy Model developed for this nexus analysis consists of two main systems: the ‘electricity system’ and a simplified ‘hydrological system’. The first system is the most common model type generated by ‘OSeMOSYS model generator’, focusing primarily on energy. It does not capture hydrological characteristics [46] such as water balance in different parts of a river. Therefore, the second system is introduced in this analysis to allow for water balance accounting along the cascade of the existing hydropower plants in the Drina river basin. The ‘electricity system’ was derived from a previous multi-country modelling effort of the electricity systems of the countries sharing the Sava River basin developed by [47] and used in the transboundary nexus assessment of the Sava River basin [38] as well as a forthcoming paper [21]. It represents the electricity system of each riparian 8 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin part of both the water balance (as water passes through them when they operate) and the electricity balance (as when they operate electricity is fed onto the grid as one of several suppliers, used to meet domestic and export and demand requirements). The model computes the electricity generation from each HPP respecting the mass balances of water passing through the turbine and generating electricity, based on the following correlation: E = P t; P = p q g h Where: E = Energy (GWh), P = power (GW), t=time (h), p = density (kg/m3) (~ 1000 kg/m 3 for water), q = water flow (m3/s), g = acceleration of gravity and maximum annual discharge in each tributary and segment of the river system. Interpolation is done wherever data were missing from hydrological stations (see Table A 7) to derive the values for the missing river segments. Minimum environmental flow levels were respected in all scenarios and at different segments of the river based on data provided by the observatory commission, the International Sava River Basin Commission (ISRBC) [52] as shown in Table A 9. The average and maximum annual discharges were used in the model to constrain the water availability in each segment of the river. The connecting elements between the electricity and water systems in the model are the HPPs. They form a River (Tributary) Piva_RS2 Uvac_RS2 Lim_RS2 Uvac_RS3 Uvac_RS4 Piva_Tara_RS1 Uvac_Lim_RS1 Piva_Tara_Cheotina_RS1 Drina_RS1 Tara_RS1Piva_RS1 Uvac_RS1 Lim_RS1Cheotina_RS1 Piva HPP Uvac HPP Uvac Dam Potpec Dam Potpec HPP Kokin Bord HPP Bistrika HPP Visegrad HPP Visegrad Dam Bajina Basta Dam Bajina Basta HPP Zvornik Dam Zvornik HPP Bistrika Dam Kokin Bord Dam Piva Dam Drina_RS2 Drina_RS3 Drina_RS4 Water Flow RS: River Segment Reservoir HPP River (Downstream) Figure 2: Schematic representation of the Hydrological system of the Drina River Basin Water-Energy model International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 9 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells flow in the Drina river. Additionally, there is a number of small-scale HPPs (less than 10MW), with a total capacity of 25 MW (1% of the total capacity in the basin). The Bajina Bašta PSHPP, the small-scale HPPs as well as all of HPPs outside Drina basin are modelled in a simplified fashion (as run-of-river HPPs) due to their limited dependence on the water flow in the study area, the DRB. The three countries of the DRB have plans to expand their hydro capacity and utilise the untapped potential in the DRB. However, there is high uncertainty about the implementation of these future projects [27]. Provisions for these potential new hydropower installations are added in the model, which is allowed to decide if investment in new hydro capacities would be cost optimal for the overall energy and water system of the three countries. Table A 8 shows the list of future power infrastructure projects considered in this study. 2.3. Scenario description In order to achieve the objectives of this study related to the quantification of the impact of enhanced cooperation and energy efficiency measures, a range of scenarios was developed. These were developed based on available information on the status in the DRB derived from literature and nexus dialogue with stakeholders: 1) Base scenario (BASE). Corresponds to a Business as Usual scenario and describes what may happen if the current status of low cooperation between countries continues in the next decade. Historically, the operation of the upstream Piva power plant took limited consideration of the impact on downstream power plants. However, (9.81 m/s2) and h = head (m), assumed constant in this study and equal to the difference between reservoir height and the Dead Storage. This is an important simplification. And while it is used in several applications such as [54], it should be revisited in future work. The electricity system takes the hydrological system as a constraint and computes the optimal scheduling of (i) existing and new capacity of both hydro and thermal power plants to meet the electricity demand; while simultaneously (ii) managing the mass balance of water along the rivers and within the dams. Hence, by providing limited insight into simultaneous operation aspects of both the energy and water system, elements of the water-energy nexus are explicitly included OSeMOSYS. The mass balance of water is computed in OSeMOSYS for different river segments and for each of the reservoirs based on water inflow and outflow at the location of interest. The Drina basin hosts about 1700 MWvi of hydropower capacity from the three countries [26] (see Figure A 3 for an overview of the installed capacity in the three countries). Since the focus of the study is on the existing HPPs in the Drina river basin, the eight major existing hydropower plants in the Drina river basin are represented individually and in cascade in the model (see Table 1). All the eight HPPs have dams and are used for electricity generation only. Their cumulative capacity reaches about 63% of DRB total hydro capacity. The rest 36% of hydro capacity consists of the Bajina Bašta Pump Storage HPP (PSHPP) with 614 MW, which is pumping water to the ‘Laziçi’ dam and reservoir from the small tributaries downstream ‘Laziçi’ [52] therefore its operation is not dependent on the water Table 1: List of reservoirs and hydropower plants cascaded in the hydrological system of the Drina River Basin Water Energy model [52],[55],[56] Location Installed with respect Reservoir Capacity to Drina Name River size (MCM) (MW) Country* River HPP Uvac Uvac 213 36 RS Upstream HPP Kokin Brod Uvac 250 22 RS Upstream HPP Bistrica Uvac 7.6 102 RS Upstream HPP Potpec Lim 27.5 51 RS Upstream HPP Piva Piva 880 360 ME Upstream HPP Visegrad Drina 161 315 BA Downstream HPP Bajina Bašta** Drina 218 106 RS Downstream HPP Zvornik Drina 89 96 RS Downstream * BA: Bosnia and Herzegovina, ME: Montenegro and RS: Republic of Serbia. ** The rehabilitation of Bajina Bašta HPP increased the total capacity its four units in operation to 422 MW [57]. 10 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin country [41,42,50]. The plans project electricity demand up to 2020, therefore the demand for the following period up to 2030 is estimated based on the average annual trend in electricity demand in the last five years (2016–2020) (see Figure A 2). 5) If energy efficiency measures are implemented in the electricity sector, NREAPs assume energy savings of 0.7 TWh for Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.2 TWh for Montenegro and 3.2 TWh in Serbia by 2020, which correspond to between 4% and 8% reduction of gross electricity demand. The rest of the assumptions in this scenario are the same as in the Co-operation scenario. This scenario provides some insight related to deeper policy coherence, a target of SDG17. 3. Results and discussion This section presents selected results from the scenario analysis. The first subsection compares the first two scenarios while the other subsections compare Scenarios 3 and 4 with Scenario 2. 3.1. Impact of cooperation among countries on the operation of dams in the Drina River basin The comparison between the base scenario (BASE) and the higher-cooperation scenario (COP_REF) shows considerable cumulative electricity generation gains in the power plants downstream in the latter. Under the assumptions and the conditions of these scenarios (BASE and COP_REF), the analysis shows that the annual generation of Piva HPP remains unchangedviii, but the monthly release/generation does change. The cooperative management allows for timely water availability for power plants downstream at the desired time, which leads to generation gains and optimal operation of the overall system. As shown in Figure 3, the cumulative electricity the flow regime in the entire Drina river is affected by the operation of Piva HPP [58]. It alters the amount and timing of water flow downstream. To simulate this, the base scenario imposes an arbitrary (from the point of view of the system) restriction on upstream HPPs. Based on discussions with stakeholders [48,52] it was decided to focus on the impact of Piva HPP since it has the biggest reservoir size and the highest impact on water flow in Drina river (compared to others upstream). The Piva reservoir was assumed to operate with minimum outflow to the rivers downstream for one month of the year, which simulates an extreme historical situation. During that time it does not alter its level to improve the operation of the cascading system. The downstream plants (and the rest of the power system) are operated in a cost-optimal manner to accommodate this ‘independence’ of Piva’s operation. For the other eleven months of the year, the system is assumed to operate optimally. 2) Co-Operation scenario (COP_REF). This aims to show what differences arise (with respect to the Base scenario) in the least cost energy mix and operation profiles when a cooperative planning of the operation of all the hydropower plants in the basin is carried out. In this case, no power plant operates ‘independently’ and the operation profiles of all the hydropower plants are optimised, in order to guarantee the minimum discounted cost for the whole region along the time domain of the study. Again, the water balance along the cascade constrains the availability of water and the operational limits of the hydropower plants and the electricity trade is bound to historical levels. 3) Increased electricity trade scenario (COP_TRD). This scenario has the same structure as the Co-operation scenario. Additionally, it explores the possibility for the three countries in the Drina river basin to magnify the benefit from cooperation in the operation of hydropower plants and low-cost electricity generation by improving interconnections and trade of electricity between them and with neighbouring countries. 4) Energy Efficiency scenario (COP_EE). This scenario investigates the impacts of implementing energy efficiency measures on achieving the DRB countries NDCs. The electricity demand projections for this scenario are obtained from the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) of each 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 BAJINA BASTAZVORNIKVISEGRAD G W h 390 113 520 Figure 3: Cumulative difference in electricity generation (gains) between the COP_REF scenario and the BASE scenario for the hydropower plants downstream Piva in GWh. International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 11 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells increase in electricity generation and therefore cooperation between the countries. Since the model is a cost optimisation model, the actual level of trade expansion will be decided based on its cost-effectiveness (noting that marginal generation costs are determined endogenously for the three countries considered). Comparing the electricity trade profile between the historical limits and the extended trade under the (COP_ TRD) scenario (Figure 4), it can be noticed that all countries tend to increase the amount of electricity traded, which highly depends on low-cost electricity surplus produced from hydro and coal. The ratio between hydro and coal in this increase depends on how flexible hydropower plants are in increasing their operation levels. The contribution of non-hydro renewables to the increased trade opportunity is expected to be marginal in all the countries if their penetration is not assumed higher than the NREAP targets. Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue to be mainly a net exporter of electricity, to Montenegro and Croatia. In the case of Serbia, the massive hydro and coal potentials can play an important role in increasing export opportunities from 2021 onward. However, this growth in exports is affected by the decommissioning of ‘Kostolac’ coal power plant in 2027 (1135 MW - installed in 1967) which could create a steep-decrease in the net export level by roughly 4 TWh (15 PJ). Montenegro increases both electricity import and export during the same period. The planned 415 km 1 GW high voltage DC cable connecting Montenegro with Italy will increase Montenegro’s trade potential [49]. generation gains between 2017 and 2030 in Bajina Bašta HPP can reach about 520 GWh, which is equivalent to 30% of its average generation in one year. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Visegrad HPP can gain an extra 390 GWh cumulatively during the same years. The size of the reservoir (see Table 1) and its location along Drina River (see Figure 1 and Figure 2) cause the gains in electricity generation between the two scenarios to be different in different power plants downstream of Piva HPP. This is clear in the case of Zvornik HPP, which is further downstream in Drina River with smaller reservoir size. It has the least gains in electricity generation among others but still increases its generation by 113 GWh during the same time interval. In other words, the share of annual electricity gains to the annual power plant output would represent about 3.1% in Visegrad, 2.9% in Zvornik and 3.05% in Bajina Bašta. 3.2. Extended electricity trade opportunities in a cooperation scenario In the BASE and COP_REF scenarios, the amount of electricity that can be traded between the countries is constrained to the historical recorded maximum values between 2008 and 2014 [60]. In the cooperative scenario with extended trade (COP_TRD), the model is allowed to increase the amount of electricity trade between the countries by up to 40%. This increase is allowed gradually from 2022 to 2025 and maintained thereafter. The representative value of 40% constitutes an assumptionix, to provide sensitivity about the potential -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 9 T W h BA net exports ME RS HR -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 9 ME net exports BA RS AL IT -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 9 RS net exports BA ME AL BG HR HU MK RO 10 Historical Limit p Extended Trade 0 Historical Limit p Extended Trade et exports Extended Trade 10 RS ne Historical Limit Figure 4: Trade profile for the three countries in the Drina Basin under the cooperative extended trade scenario (COP_TRD) [AL: Albania; BA: Bosnia and Herzegovina; BG: Bulgaria; HR: Croatia, HU: Hungary; IT: Italy; ME: Montenegro; MK: Macedonia; RO: Romania; RS: Republic of Serbia] 12 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin The reduced demand will also slightly decrease the pressure on hydropower plants, which will decrease their generation by about 700 GWh in 2021 and 2022. In other words, the reduced demand will delay investments in new hydro projects, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2023 on, hydropower will increase again to generate up to its maximum possible capacity in both scenarios, offsetting thermal production and allowing meeting the national electricity demand as shown in Figure 7. Zooming into the DRB, the profile of electricity generation between the two scenarios looks different from the profile on the three-country level. As shown in Figure 8, the contribution of hydro generation inside DRB is higher than thermal generation in both scenarios. The implementation of the energy efficiency measures is expected to have a small impact on reducing the stress on both sources of electricity. In the case of hydro, only slight decrease will be achieved between 2020 and 2022; Furthermore, this interconnection facilitates potential electricity flows from other countries to Montenegro and then to Italy. This is seen in Figure 4 as increased trade between the three countries. This outlook is in line with the National Renewable Energy Action Plan of Montenegro [49] as well as with Trans-Balkan corridor project [61]. The latter shall enhance the connectivity of internal networks of Montenegro, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as their transnational interconnectivity. It is worth mentioning that, under the assumed conditions of this study, Montenegro has the opportunity to shift from a net electricity importer to a net exporter after 2020 (see Figure 5). This is conditional to increasing the generation from inexpensive hydro and coal and the exploitation of biomass and wind potential - as noted in the NREAP. 3.3. Impact of energy efficiency measures on hydropower and thermal generation on the national level and in the Drina river basin The implementation of energy efficiency measures and the consequent reduction in final electricity demand result in reduced thermal (mainly coal) power generation in the three countries. The overall decline in thermal production in the three countries becomes clearer from 2021 onwards (see red dashed line in Figure 6) when electricity savings become more significant, to reach the level of 7 TWh by 2025 and 8 TWh by 2030 as shown in Figure 6. The decommissioning of ‘Kostolac’ coal power plant in 2027 causes a steep decrease in thermal production in both COP_REF and COP_EE scenario. -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 T W h COAL GAS WIND SOLAR HYDRO GEOTHERMAL BIOMASS Net Import Figure 5: Electricity generation mix of Montenegro under the cooperative trade scenario (COP_TRD) from 2017 to 2030 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 T W h Hydro - EE Fossil Thermal - EE Hydro - REF Fossil Thermal - REF Figure 6: Electricity generation in the energy efficiency and reference scenarios for the three countries of DRB (in TWh) from 2017 to 2030 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 0 E le ct ri ci ty ( G W h ) -100 -200 -300 -400 -500 -600 -700 -800 Figure 7: Absolute difference in hydro production in the three countries between Cooperative Energy Efficiency (COP_EE) and Cooperative Reference (COP_REF) scenarios International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 13 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells demand of the (COP_REF) scenario. However, in the (COP_EE) scenario the decommissioning of ‘Kostolac’ will not drive higher thermal generation from the DRB due to low electricity demand in this scenario. Coal-fuelled electricity generation is the main source of emissions from electricity sector; therefore any decline in coal-fired generation is obviously followed by a decline in CO2 emissions in the region. This contributes to achieving the NDCsxii, which aim at reducing GHG emission by 2030 (compared to 1990 level) by 2% , 9.8% and 30% for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro respectively [63]. Figure 9 shows a comparison between the generation of electricity from different sources (thermal, hydro and other non-hydro renewables) under the cooperative reference scenario (COP_REF) and the cooperative with energy efficiency measures scenario (COP_EE). It also shows the total CO2 emissions (in million tons) of all three countries from 2017 to 2030. As shown in graph (b), CO2 emissions drop from 38 Mt in 2017 to about 28 Mt in 2030, which corresponds to mitigation of about 21% of total CO2 emissions across the three countries in 2015. Comparing the two scenarios, it can be noticed that the implementation of the energy efficiency action plans is expected to reduce the emissions from about 35 Mt by 2030 in the (COP_REF) scenario to about 28 Mt by 2030 in the (COP_EE) scenario. however, this reduced demand is enough to delay the investments in the first phase of middle Drina HPP (Dubravica, Tegare and Rogacica) from 2020 in the (COP_REF) scenario to 2022 in the (COP_EE) scenario. In the case of thermal generation, the savings will appear later between 2027 and 2030. The decom missioning of ‘Kostolac’ coal power plant in 2027 will cause a drop in thermal production outside DRB, which will increase the thermal generation inside DRB to compensate for this drop and meet the high electricity 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 Hydro inside DRB - REF Thermal inside DRB - REF Hydro inside DRB - EE Thermal inside DRB - EE Figure 8: Electricity generation between the energy efficiency and reference scenarios inside the DRB (in TWh) from 2017 to 2030 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 E le ct ri ci ty g e n e ra tio n ( T W h ) a) COP_REF TOTAL Hydro TOTAL Fossil Thermal TOTAL Non-hydro RES CO2 Emissions 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 C O 2 e m is si o n s (M t) C O 2 e m is si o n s (M t) E le ct ri ci ty g e n e ra tio n ( T W h ) b) COP_EE TOTAL Hydro TOTAL Fossil Thermal TOTAL Non-hydro RES CO2 Emissions Figure 9: Comparison between a) cooperative reference scenario (COP_REF) and b) cooperative with energy efficiency measures scenario (COP_EE) in term of CO2 emissions and electricity generation from thermal, hydro and Non-hydro renewables. Results aggregated for the three countries in the Drina basin 14 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin 4. Conclusions The electricity generation in the Drina Basin depends heavily on water management and flow regulation. The study focused on the potential benefits deriving from increased transboundary collaboration in the operation of hydropower plants, increased interconnections between the countries and energy efficiency measures to reduce the electricity demand. As a first outcome, the analysis demonstrates that improved cooperation in hydropower plants operation along the Drina river basin could lead to increasing the annual production of hydropower plants downstream without affecting the output of those upstream. This signifies that the benefits and possible formalisation of coordination would merit investigation. In addition to improving the legislative framework to support the coordinated operation, the development of information exchange, involving possibly the establishment of information systems between power plants along the river basin and across national boundaries would seem beneficial. As a second outcome, if the coordination were to be agreed upon and formalised, the benefits of cooperation could be multiplied by development plans and investments in the electricity transmission network. The analysis shows how the increased hydroelectric production could unlock the potential for international trade, within and outside the three riparian countries. However, in the local policy context, the trade-offs related to further development of hydropower would need to be weighed against other objectives such as protection of ecosystems (environmental flows), flood risk management and other water uses notably agriculture whose water requirements are predicted to increase although the current use is low. Finally, the analysis of the impact of energy efficiency measures in the end-use sectors shows interesting insights. The energy efficiency measures reduce the pressure on primary resources for energy supply (here mostly hydro and coal), while the improved cooperation in hydropower plants operation further improves their production, overall resulting in potentially increased availability of water for non-energy uses (e.g. agriculture). These benefits add to reduced GHGs emissions, which help the countries reach the NDCs. We note that sustainable energy (SDG7), GHG mitigation (SDG13) and policy coherence targets required for a global partnership (SDG 17) can be quantitatively analysed by developing a more integrated modelling framework. The aim of this study to gain insights using hypothetical scenarios – rather than predict outcomes. The future is shaped by many uncertainties. Several factors affect the outcomes of this modelling effort – that are difficult to estimate. For example, the analysis shows it may be cost-optimal for the three countries to expand their electricity trade. However, this assumes that there is an efficient market shaped by well-crafted policy. In reality this might not be the case. For instance, there can be uncertainty associated with the future development of electricity prices. This could, in turn, be exacerbated if the three countries are exposed to the regional market due to increased transmission integration with other neighbours. Further, large exogenous price fluctuations (and local distortions) may arise from connection to a much larger market in Italy. Another source of uncertainty in the analysis is related to future expansion plans for hydro and other non-hydro renewables. Potential development of new dams and hydropower plants on the Drina River or its tributary may increase the uncertainty of water availability along the river, especially downstream. This would have energy gains but may result in economic and environmental impacts or affect other water users (i.e. agriculture) and such trade-offs should be weighed sensibly and consultatively on the national and transboundary levels. . The deployment of intermittent non-hydro renewables like solar and wind will require changes in the electric power grid [64], which will affect the operation of hydro and coal power plants to accommodate these changes. Those may have significant impact as HPPs may be used to supply balancing services to the grid – as they can often be rapidly turned on and off. Finally, predictable water flows on the Drina river and its tributaries were maintained as throughout the years modelled. This aspect can be enhanced by having a variating volatile monthly water flow scheme. Such enhancement would allow to better assess the resilience of the system against volatile future weather and an on average drying climate and drought/flood peaks due to climate change. These conclusions have supported an ongoing dialogue on Water and Energy nexus challenges, which brought together representatives of national governmental institutions and utilities of both energy and water sectors as well as the civil society in the three riparian countries. 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Table A 1 lists the global assumptions used in all scenarios. Electricity system assumptions: • The electricity demand for each country is based on the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAP) to 2020 [41,42,57], with Key assumptions The modelling assumptions are classified into three main categories: a) global assumptions, that are constant throughout the modelling period for the whole system; b) Electricity system assumptions, mainly related to the techno-economic characteristics of the technologies included in the electricity system of the model; Coal Imports Coal Extraction Natural Gas Imports Natural Gas Extraction Biomass Imports Biomass Extractoin Primary Secondary Tertiary Final Demand Biom ass Electricity Electricity Electricity Imported Electricity Electricity import interconnection Transmission Electricity export interconnection EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Distribution Distribution EL_Final EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission EL_Tranmission Coal PP outside Drina NP PP outside Drina Biomass Plant (CHP) Geothermal Large Hydro inside Drina Large Hydro Outside Drina Small Hydro Outside Drina Solar PV Wind NP PP inside Drina Coal PP inside Drina Exported Electricity Natural Gas Coal Figure A 1: A generic representation of the Reference Energy System (RES) for the electricity system in the Drina River Basin Water- Energy Model. [Note: Large hydropower plants are aggregated in this schematic representation for the sake of simplicity] Appendic A 20 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin from literature with assumptions for future improved transmission and distribution system as shown in Table A 3 and Table A 4 [40,58]. • The renewable energy plans and targets are based on [41, 42,43]; all scenarios are developed to meet RE targets for hydro and non-hydro energy (mainly solar, wind and biomass) by 2020 (see Figure A 4), despite plans facing in some cases financing challenges. • Conservative approach was followed with the penetration of non-hydro renewables beyond 2020. To address the uncertainty of the plans and unavailability of public data, the model was restricted to maintain the 2020 levels in the years after (unless specific dates were given for certain projects as shown in the list of projects Table A 8). • For the electricity trade between countries: the model decides the price of electricity traded between the DRB countries based on the optimisation of the overall electricity system. For the countries outside DRB, that were not included in the model, prices were assumed for electricity imports and exports based on cost of electricity supplied to industries in each country as shown in Table A 6 [67]. This limitation of this analysis that should be taken in consideration in future work. extrapolation for the period after that as shown in Figure A 2. • In this analysis, site-specific techno-economic data for electricity generation technologies were not available; therefore, generic data from literature were used according to each technology type as shown in Table A 2. • Transmission and distribution losses are defined on the national level based on historical data Table A 1: List of global assumptions used in the model # Parameter Assumption 1 Monetary unit 2010 US$. 2 Real discount rate 5% for all technologies. 3 Time horizon 2010 to 2035. 4 Reporting horizon 2017 to 2030 to prevent the ‘edge-effects’ of the mathematical optimisation from affecting the analysis. 5 Temporal resolution Yearly basis for the entire model period. Each yearis represented by 36 periods (Time Slices) as follows: 12 seasons (months); 1 day type; 3 daily demand levels (Day, Night and Peak). 0 10 20 30 40 50 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 5 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 7 2 0 2 8 2 0 2 9 2 0 3 0 T W h BA_COP_EE ME_COP_EE Figure A 2: Electricity demand projections for the countries in DRB from 2010 to 2035 for the two scenarios: Cooperative reference (COP_REF) and Cooperative with Energy Efficiency (COP_EE). [BA: Bosnia and Herzegovina; ME: Montenegro and RS: Republic of Serbia] International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 21 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells • All committed power plants are added to the model until 2016, other un-committed expansion projects (hydro, non- hydro renewables and thermal) are gradually allowed to be chosen by the model from 2017 to 2030. Since the model is an optimisation model, it chooses projects that meet the demand at the least overall system cost. All power plants considered in this analysis are presented in Table A 8. • Emission factor data were obtained from [62]. Table A 2: Techno-economic parameters considered in the analysis Capacity Capital cost Fixed cost Variable cost Life Time Efficiency factor Technologies (US$/kW) (US$/kW) ($/MWh) Years % % Coal - Steam Cycle (ST) 2921 – 3.96 60 37% 85% Fuel Oil - Gas Cycle (GT) 1488 – 4.16 25 35% 90% Natural Gas - Combined Cycle (CC) 1238 – 0.80 30 48% 70–85% Hydropower 2552 21 0.32 80 100% Varies Wind - on shore 2205 – 3.97 25 N/A 25% Solar Photovoltaic 2100 – 5.58 25 N/A 15–48 % Biomass 3039 – 5.56 30 38% 50% Transmission lines 365 – – 60 95.88–99.52 %* – Distribution lines 2433 – – 60 88.55–98.48 %* – . Serbia MontenegroBosnia and Herzegovina 360 684 225 225 1028 2595 54 4632 325 20602170 Hydro DRB Hydro Total Thermal DRB Thermal Total Figure A 3: Overview of installed capacity (MW) at national and Drina River basin level. Table A 3: Transmission and distribution losses based on national historical data (2012–2014) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina % 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.6 Montenegro % 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6 15.9 Serbia % 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.3 14.3 13.8 Table A 4: Projections for transmission and distribution losses Country 2016 2020 2025 2030 Bosnia and Herzegovina % 6.4 5.5 4.3 3.2 Montenegro % 15.2 12.5 9.0 5.6 Serbia % 13.2 10.9 7.9 5.0 22 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin 60% 2009 RES-E (%) BA RS ME Hydro Geothermal Solar PV Wind Biomass BA RS ME 1% Overal RES target a) NREAP RES targets (%) b) contribution (%) to RES electricity generation in 2020 2020 2009 2020 40% 20% 0% 1% 9% 7% 7% 4% 14% Figure A 4: Overview of the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) of the Drina River Basin countries: a) RES targets for the electricity sector and overall energy targets; b) expected contribution of RES (%) to electricity production in 2020 Table A 5: Net Transfer Capacities, in MW, for 2015 [60,61] Bosnia and From Herzegovina Serbia Montenegro Croatia Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria FYROM Albania To Bosnia and Herzegovina 100 200 400 Serbia 100 100 150 300 200 200 100 0 Montenegro 200 100 200 Croatia 400 100 Italy Hungary 300 Romania 150 Bulgaria 100 FYROM 100 Albania 200 Table A 6: Price of electricity in ($/MWh) for trade interconnections between countries [67] Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Serbia Import Export Import Export Import Export Albania 81.7 94.4 81.7 65.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Computed by the modelxiv Computed by the model Bulgaria 94.7 65.2 Croatia 81.7 81.7 81.7 81.7 Hungary 107.5 65.2 Italy 138.9 138.9 Macedonia 53.9 65.2 Montenegro Computed by the model Computed by the model Romania 96.8 65.2 Serbia Computed by the model Computed by the model International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 23 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells Table A 7: Gauging station data on the average and maximum annual discharge at different locations of the Drina river and its tributaries [51] Avg. Discharge rate (m3/s) Max discharge rate (m3/s) Station name Location (along the Drina river or its tributary) (2009–2014) (2009–2014) Gorazde Piva, Tara and Cehotina – Lower 190 1245 Cedovo Uvac 5 48 Bijelo Polje Lim 83 956 Prijepolje - mid lim Lim - Middle 71 920 Priboj - Lower Lim Lim - Lower 88 896 Bajina Bašta Station Drina - Upper 311 1150 Radalij Drina - Middle 389 4450 Table A 8: List of power infrastructure projects considered in the model for the three countries of DRB Plant- Country Plant Name River Type Capa city (MW) Fuel Earliest year on BA USTRIPACA Drina Hydro 7 2015 BA BISTRICA-B2A Drina (Bistrica) Hydro 8 2017 BA DUB Drina (Ratiknica) Hydro 9 2016 BA VRLETINA KOSA Vrbas (Ugar) Hydro 11 2018 BA IVIK Vrbas (Ugar) Hydro 11 2018 BA UGAR USCE Vrbas (Ugar) Hydro 12 2018 BA JANJICI Bosna Hydro 13 2017 BA KOVANICI Bosna Hydro 13 2019 BA CIJEVNA-3 Vrbas Hydro 14 2015 BA VRANDUK Bosna Hydro 20 2018 BA NERETVICE Neretvika Hydro 26 2017 BA ULOG Neretvika Hydro 35 2015 BA BILECA Trebinsjica Hydro 36 2020 BA MRSOVO Drina (Lim) Hydro 37 2017 BA PAUNCI Drina Hydro 37 2026 BA SUTJESKA Drina RB Hydro 42 2017 BA FOCA (SRBJINE) Drina Hydro 44 2018 BA KABLIC Bistrica (Adriatic Basin) Hydro 52 2019 BA NEVESINJE Trebinsjica Hydro 60 2020 BA USTIKOLINA Drina Hydro 60 2018 BA VRILO ·uica Hydro 64 2014 BA BUK BIJELA Drina Hydro 94 2018 BA GORNJA DRINA Drina Hydro 115 2015 BA DABAR Trebinsjica Hydro 159 2018 BA DUBRAVICA Middle Drina Hydro 122 2020 BA Tegare Middle Drina Hydro 124 2020 BA Rogacica Middle Drina Hydro 140 2020 BA KAKANJ CCGT in SRB Thermal 100 Gas 2020 BA KONGORA Outside DRB Thermal 550 Coal 2017 BA GRACANICA - Bugojno a nd mine Outside DRB Thermal 300 Coal 2021 BA KAKANJ 8 in SRB Thermal 300 Coal 2019 BA TUZLA 7 - CHP in SRB Thermal 450 Coal 2018 BA TUZLA-B2 in SRB Thermal 450 Coal 2023 BA ZENICA CHP GT 1 Bosna Thermal 384 Gas 2015 BA BANOVICI Litva (Oscova,Spreca,Bosna) Thermal 300 Coal 2017 BA STANARI Ostruznja Thermal 300 Coal 2016 BA KAMENGRAD Sana (Una) Thermal 215 Coal 2017 (Continued) 24 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin Table A 8: List of power infrastructure projects considered in the model for the three countries of DRB (Continued) Plant Country Plant Name River Type Capa city (MW) Fuel Earliest year on BA UGLJEVIK-3 NO 1 Drina Thermal 600 Coal 2018 BA MESIHOVINA WIND WTG 1-22 Wind 55 2014 BA TRUSINA Wind 51 2016 BA GRADINA BIH WTG 1-35 Wind 70 2014 BA PAKLINE-LJUBUSA-KUPRES Wind 408 2014 BA BALJCI Wind 48 2015 BA JELOVACA Wind 36 2015 BA PODVELEZJE-2 WTG 1-15 Wind 48 2016 BA WF Debelo Brdo Wind 55 2016 BA ORLOVACA Wind 42 2016 BA IVOVIK Wind 84 2016 BA MUCEVACA Wind 60 2016 BA VLASIC Wind 50 2016 BA GALICA Wind 50 2016 BA VELIKA VLAJNA WIND WTG Wind 32 2017 BA BOROVA GLAVA-1 WTG Wind 52 ND - allowed after 2020 BA POKLECANI WIND WTH Wind 72 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Kamena Wind 42 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF MerdÏan Glava Wind 72 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Sveta Gora , Mali Grad Poljica Wind 48 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Mokronoge Wind 70 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Planinica Wind 28 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Velja Me?a Wind 18 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Ivan Sedlo Wind 20 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Srdani 30 MW Wind 30 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Crkvine Wind 24 ND - allowed after 2020 ME KOMARNICA Piva Hydro 172 2022 ME HPP na Moraci Moraca Hydro 238 2021 ME PERUCICA 8 Zeta Hydro 59 2018 ME PLJEVLJA 2 In the Drina Basin Thermal 225 Coal 2020 ME MOZUR WTG 1-23 Wind 46 2017 ME KRNOVO WTG I Wind 50 2017 ME KRNOVO WTG II Wind 22 2017 ME OTHER I Wind 8 2018 ME OTHER II Wind 26 2020 ME OTHER III Wind 17 2025 ME OTHER IV Wind 21 2030 RS BRODAVERO-1,2 Lim Hydro 58 2015 RS BAJINA BA·TA (after revitalization in 2013) Drina Hydro 422 2013 RS BISTRICA PSP Lim Hydro PSP 680 2020 RS KOSTOLAC-B NO 3 Danube Thermal 350 COAL 2019 RS STAVALJ Grabovica/Jablanica (Uvac, Drina) Thermal 300 COAL 2017 RS KOLUBARA-B NO 1 Kolubara (Sava) Thermal 750 COAL 2017 RS NIKOLA TESLA-B NO 3 Sava Thermal 740 COAL 2017 RS KOVIN CIBUK WTG Wind 170 2014 RS LA PICCOLINA VETRO-1 WTG 1&2 Wind 6 ND - allowed after 2020 RS KULA WTG 1-3 Wind 9 ND - allowed after 2020 RS RAM VELIKOVO-1 WTG Wind 9 ND - allowed after 2020 RS RAM VELIKOVO-2 WTG Wind 9 ND - allowed after 2020 (Continued) International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 25 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells Table A 8: List of power infrastructure projects considered in the model for the three countries of DRB (Continued) Plant Country Plant Name River Type Capacity (MW) Fuel Earliest year on RS BELO BLATO WTG Wind 20 ND - allowed after 2020 RS PANCEVO WTG Wind 50 ND - allowed after 2020 RS VRSAC PLANDISTE WTG Wind 102 ND - allowed after 2020 RS BELA ANTA WTG 1-60 Wind 120 ND - allowed after 2020 RS LA PICCOLINA VETRO-2 WTG Wind 120 ND - allowed after 2020 RS KOVIN WELLBURY WTG 1-94 Wind 188 ND - allowed after 2020 RS DOLOVO WTG Wind 350 ND - allowed after 2020 RS VRANJE SOLAR PV Solar PV 10 ND - allowed after 2020 BA STANARI Ostruznja Thermal 300 Coal 2016 BA KAMENGRAD Sana (Una) Thermal 215 Coal 2017 BA UGLJEVIK-3 NO 1 Drina Thermal 600 Coal 2018 BA MESIHOVINA WIND WTG 1-22 Wind 55 2014 BA TRUSINA Wind 51 2016 BA GRADINA BIH WTG 1-35 Wind 70 2014 BA PAKLINE-LJUBUSA-KUPRES Wind 408 2014 BA BALJCI Wind 48 2015 BA JELOVACA Wind 36 2015 BA PODVELEZJE-2 WTG 1-15 Wind 48 2016 BA WF Debelo Brdo Wind 55 2016 BA ORLOVACA Wind 42 2016 BA IVOVIK Wind 84 2016 BA MUCEVACA Wind 60 2016 BA VLASIC Wind 50 2016 BA GALICA Wind 50 2016 BA VELIKA VLAJNA WIND WTG Wind 32 2017 BA BOROVA GLAVA-1 WTG Wind 52 ND - allowed after 2020 BA POKLECANI WIND WTH Wind 72 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Kamena Wind 42 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF MerdÏan Glava Wind 72 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Sveta Gora , Mali Grad Poljica Wind 48 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Mokronoge Wind 70 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Planinica Wind 28 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Velja Meða Wind 18 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Ivan Sedlo Wind 20 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Srdani 30 MW Wind 30 ND - allowed after 2020 BA WF Crkvine Wind 24 ND - allowed after 2020 ME KOMARNICA Piva Hydro 172 2022 ME HPP na Moraci Moraca Hydro 238 2021 ME PERUCICA 8 Zeta Hydro 59 2018 ME PLJEVLJA 2 In the Drina Basin Thermal 225 Coal 2020 ME MOZUR WTG 1-23 Wind 46 2017 ME KRNOVO WTG I Wind 50 2017 ME KRNOVO WTG II Wind 22 2017 ME OTHER I Wind 8 2018 ME OTHER II Wind 26 2020 ME OTHER III Wind 17 2025 ME OTHER IV Wind 21 2030 RS BRODAVERO-1,2 Lim Hydro 58 2015 RS BAJINA BAŠTA (after revitalization in 2013) Drina Hydro 422 2013 RS BISTRICA PSP Lim Hydro PSP 680 2020 RS KOSTOLAC-B NO 3 Danube Thermal 350 COAL 2019 (Continued) 26 International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 The role of energy-water nexus to motivate transboundary cooperation: An indicative analysis of the Drina River Basin Table A 8: List of power infrastructure projects considered in the model for the three countries of DRB (Continued) Plant Country Plant Name River Type Capacity (MW) Fuel Earliest year on RS STAVALJ Grabovica/Jablanica (Uvac, Drina) Thermal 300 COAL 2017 RS KOLUBARA-B NO 1 Kolubara (Sava) Thermal 750 COAL 2017 RS NIKOLA TESLA-B NO 3 Sava Thermal 740 COAL 2017 RS KOVIN CIBUK WTG Wind 170 2014 RS LA PICCOLINA VETRO-1 WTG 1&2 Wind 6 ND - allowed after 2020 RS KULA WTG 1-3 Wind 9 ND - allowed after 2020 RS RAM VELIKOVO-1 WTG Wind 9 ND - allowed after 2020 RS RAM VELIKOVO-2 WTG Wind 9 ND - allowed after 2020 RS BELO BLATO WTG Wind 20 ND - allowed after 2020 RS PANCEVO WTG Wind 50 ND - allowed after 2020 RS VRSAC PLANDISTE WTG Wind 102 ND - allowed after 2020 RS BELA ANTA WTG 1-60 Wind 120 ND - allowed after 2020 RS LA PICCOLINA VETRO-2 WTG Wind 120 ND - allowed after 2020 RS KOVIN WELLBURY WTG 1-94 Wind 188 ND - allowed after 2020 RS DOLOVO WTG Wind 350 ND - allowed after 2020 RS VRANJE SOLAR PV Solar PV 10 ND - allowed after 2020 • ND = No Data International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management Vol. 18 2018 27 Youssef Almulla, Eunice Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Constantinos Taliotis, Annukka Lipponen and Mark Howells T ab le A 9 : M in im u m e nv ir on m en ta l fl ow l ev el a t d if fe re n t se gm en ts o f th e D ri n a R iv er a n d i ts t ri b u ta ri es C ou n tr y H yd ro lo gi ca l st at io n R S -B iH re g. F B iH r eg . S er b ia r eg . M N E r eg . A ll M ay N ov A ll th e to to th e ye ar O ct ( a) A p r (b ) ye ar Ja n F eb M ar A p r M ay Ju n Ju l S ep O ct N ov D ec R S -B iH U pp er D ri na ( B aš ta si ) 21 .7 14 .3 21 .5 14 .3 R S -B iH U pp er D ri na ( F oc a M os t) 28 .2 19 .3 28 .9 19 .3 S R B /R S -B iH M id dl e D ri na ( B aj in a B aš ta ) 54 .5 33 .4 50 .2 33 .4 S R B /R S -B iH L ow er D ri na ( R ad al j) 57 .2 36 .5 54 .7 36 .5 S R B /R S -B iH L ow er D ri na ( B ad av in ci ) - 37 .4 56 .5 37 .4 M N E U pp er L im ( P la v) 3. 6 3. 6 3. 6 3. 6 8. 2 3. 6 3. 6 3. 6 3. 6 3. 6 3. 6 M N E U pp er L im ( B ij el o P ol je ) 10 .4 10 .4 10 .4 25 .2 10 .4 10 .4 10 .4 10 .4 10 .4 10 .4 10 .4 S R B M id dl e L im ( B ro da ve ro ) 10 .5 6. 9 S R B M id dl e L im ( P ri bo j) 18 .2 9. 2 13 .8 9. 2 M N E U pp er C eh ot in a (P lj ev lj a) 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 M N E M id dl e C eh ot in a (G ra da c) 2. 1 2. 1 2. 1 4. 3 2. 1 2. 1 2. 1 2. 1 2. 1 2. 1 2. 1 R S -B iH L ow er C eh ot in a (V ik oc ) 2. 5 R S -B iH M id dl e S ut je sk a (I go ce ) 1. 9 R S -B iH M id dl e B is tr ic a (O pl az ic i) 1. 4 S R B U pp er J ad ar ( Z av la ka ) 0. 31 S R B L ow er J ad ar ( L es ni ca ) 0. 83 S R B M id dl e U va c (R ad ij ev ic i) 0. 82 M N E U pp er P iv a (D us ki m os t) 1. 8 1. 8 1. 8 5. 8 6. 0 1. 8 1. 8 1. 8 1. 8 4. 8 1. 8 M N E L ow e P iv a (S ce pa n P ol je ) 12 .7 12 .7 12 .7 29 .2 30 .2 12 .7 12 .7 12 .7 12 .7 12 .7 12 .7 M N E U pp er T ar a (C rn a P ol ja na ) 2. 33 1. 1 3. 17 5. 01 3. 05 1. 1 1. 1 1. 1 1. 1 2. 96 3. 73 M N E L ow er T ar a (S ce pa n P ol je ) 13 .7 13 .7 13 .7 28 .8 32 .2 13 .7 13 .7 13 .7 13 .7 13 .7 13 .7 i I W R M c an b e de fi ne d as ‘ a p ro ce ss w h ic h p ro m o te s th e co o rd in a te d d ev el o p m en t a n d m a n ag em en t o f w a te r, l a n d a n d r el a te d r es o u rc es i n o rd er t o m a xi m iz e ec o n o m ic a n d s o ci a l w el fa re i n a n e q u it a b le m a n n er w it h o u t co m p ro m is in g t h e su st a in a b il it y o f vi ta l ec o sy st em s’ [ 14 ] ii T ar ge t 6. 5: “ B y 20 30 , im pl em en t in te gr at ed w at er r es ou rc es m an ag em en t at a ll l ev el s, i nc lu di ng t hr ou gh t ra ns bo un da ry c oo pe ra ti on a s ap pr op ri at e” ii i N um be r m ay v ar y be tw ee n so ur ce s, e .g . W B IF r ep or ts a t ot al b as in a re a of 1 9, 68 0 k m 2 [2 4 ]. iv T hi s de pe nd s on t he i m po rt an ce o f th e po w er p la nt s in t he o ve ra ll m ix a nd h ow m uc h th ei r ge ne ra ti on c on tr ib ut es t o th e de m an d. v B as ed o n co ns ul ta ti on s w it h lo ca l ex pe rt s [5 3] , th e D ea d S to ra ge ( M in im um r es er vo ir l ev el ) is a ss um ed t o co rr es po nd t o 10 % o f th e re se rv oi r to ta l ca pa ci ty . vi D if fe re nt s ou rc es h av e di ff er en t es ti m at es o f th e to ta l in st al le d ca pa ci ty i n th e D ri na b as in , i. e. [ 44 ] st at es t ha t th e to ta l hy dr o ca pa ci ty i n D ri na b as in i s 19 32 M W . It a ls o st at es t ha t B aj in a B aš ta p um p st or ag e ha s 60 0 M W tu rb in e ca pa ci ty a nd 5 80 M W p um pi ng c ap ac it y. vi i T he r es er vo ir i s lo ca te d in t he B el i R za v R iv er c at ch m en t ar ea b ut t he P S H P P p ow er ho us e is l oc at ed n ex t to t he ‘ B aj in a B aš ta ’ H P P p ow er ho us e. vi ii O nl y re -d is tr ib ut io n oc cu rs b et w ee n di ff er en t m on th s w it hi n ev er y ye ar . ix B as ed o n di sc us si on w it h st ak eh ol de rs d ur in g th e ne xu s di al og ue s [5 3] a nd c om pa ri ng t he h is to ri ca l an nu al v ar ia ti on o f el ec tr ic it y tr ad e in e ac h co un tr y be tw ee n (2 00 8 – 20 14 ) [6 0] . x T he e ne rg y ef fi ci en cy m ea su re s co ns id er ed i n th e E E A P a ss um es n o ch an ge s in h yd ro lo gi ca l co nd it io ns . xi T he t ot al p la nn ed c ap ac it y is 3 86 M W b ut w il l be i ns ta ll ed o n di ff er en t ph as es s ta rt in g by 2 5M W i n ph as e 1 (s ee T ab le A 8 ). xi i A lt ho ug h th e su bm it te d N D C d oe s no t sp ec if y cl ea r ta rg et s fo r th e po w er s ec to r, t he i nt en de d m ea su re s in di ca te s si gn if ic an t co nt ri bu ti on o f th is s ec to r. xi ii T hi s is t he u nc on di ti on al e m is si on r ed uc ti on t ar ge t of B os ni a an d H er ze go vi na . T he c on di ti on al t ar ge t ai m s at 3 % e m is si on r ed uc ti on b y 20 30 c om pa re d to t he b as el in e (B A U ) sc en ar io . xi v S in ce t he e le ct ri ci ty s ys te m s of t he D ri na R iv er B as in c ou nt ri es a re m od el le d in t hi s an al ys is , t he p ri ce s of e le ct ri ci ty t ra de d be tw ee n th e th re e co un tr ie s ar e de ci de d by t he m od el b as ed o n th e op ti m is at io n of t he o ve ra ll s ys te m .