How can solar energy transform water access, food production, and industrial processes? This module explores innovative, cross-sectoral solutions that connect clean energy with sustainable water and agricultural systems.
Understand which technologies can be used to implement the WEF-Nexus
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Module Introduction
ONEPlanET Project's contribution to Africa's Energy Transition, focusing on WEF Nexus modelling and its application in the project's case studies
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Clean Energy: Solar – hydropower – agrivoltaics
Learn about the sources for clean renewable energy generation. You will explore the correct use of hydropower plants and the implementation of agrivoltaics in more detail.
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Energy impact of water treatment
Understand how integrated cross-sectoral solutions for water purification in agriculture and green hydrogen synthesis work.
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Sustainable Solar water desalination and treatment systems
The relationship between resource systems and ecosystems in the WEF Nexus.
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Using the sun for cooking
System dynamics and its application in modelling Water-Energy-Food (WEF) systems, with a focus on key concepts and examples.
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Soil and water conservation in agriculture
Data challenges faced by the ONEPlanET Project in processing geolocated and national-scale WEF and socio-economic data.
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Solar in industrial applications for food processing and conservation
WEF Nexus model developed in Vensim, explaining its structure, key components, and how changes in one sector impact others for sustainable resource management
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Exploratory Articles
System dynamics and its application in modelling Water-Energy-Food (WEF) systems, with a focus on basic concepts and examples.
Learn about existing technological solutions that to apply integrated modelling and planning approaches to tackle the complex challenges of water, energy, and food systems.
Explore Nexus interlinkages
Learn how clean energy solutions like solar and hydropower intersect with water and food systems to support integrated, cross-sectoral sustainability.
Examine practical examples—such as solar cooking, agrivoltaics, and industrial heat use—to design resource-efficient systems for agriculture and food processing.
The ONEPlanET Academy is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners with expertise in water, energy, food systems, and integrated modelling approaches, drawing on their experience from the ONEPlanET project and beyond.
Janez Sušnik
Associate Professor at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Expert in water-energy-food nexus systems with 10+ years of research and teaching experience. He applies qualitative and quantitative methods at various scales and is involved in the Horizon Europe ONEPLanET project, NWO CONNEXION project, and coordinates H2020 NEXOGENESIS.
Sara Masia
Agricultural scientist at IHE Delft and CMCC-IAFES
Sara, an expert in agrometeorology and the WEFE nexus, holds a PhD on climate change impacts in Mediterranean agriculture. She’s contributed to projects like SIM4NEXUS and Horizon 2020, and currently works with IHE Delft and CMCC-IAFES on climate resilience and water management.
Graham Jewitt
Professor of Hydrology and the Vice Rector at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Graham leads research on water systems and capacity building for resource management at IHE Delft. His work focuses on science-driven policy development, the water-food-energy nexus, and climate change adaptation. He has published 120+ articles and supervised many PhD and MSc students globally.
