This book investigates the sustainability performance of system that use microgrids in desalination processes. Climate change may be especially dramatic in its effects on island environments. In these environments, aquifers and wells could become over exploited resulting the use of desalination plans. The synergies between water, energy, and food sectors have been identified as vital in achieving the United Nation¿s Sustainable Development Goals.The book explores desalination and microgrids technically as well the economic and legal aspects that must be considered in order explore their techno-economic feasibility - analyzing how to improve the desalination process, proposing a method to locate and size a microgrid. Other synergies between the water, energy, and food system are discussed and the benefits to society that might result in these systems. Also, the lessons learned are highlighted in the context of how they may apply to other sustainable enterprises.

Introduces both pre- and post-sustainability discussion of a renewable-powered desalination plants

Introduction.- Revision of Decision/Making Tools for Sustainable Planning and Proposal of a Novel Conceptual Framework for the Energy-Water-Food Nexus.- Comprehensive assessment of Gran Canaria food-energy-water nexus with GIS-based tool.- Review of Wind energy technology and associated market and economic conditions in Spain.- Photovoltaic self-consumption and net-metering: Measures to remove economic non-market failure and institutional barriers that restrict their use in Spain.- Surrogate optimization of coupled energy sources in a desalination microgrid based on solar PV and wind energy.- Reduction of water cost for an existing wind energy-based desalination scheme: A preliminary configuration.- Stress Mitigation of Conventional Water Resources in Water-Scarce areas through the use of Renewable Energy Powered Desalination Plants: An application to the Canary Islands.- Feasibility Analysis of Wind and Solar Powered Desalination Plants: An Application to Islands.