Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, MJ2413 Energy and Environment course, Autumn 2011 2011-12-12 1 ENERGY DEMAND, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF DESALINATION: A CASE STUDY OF CYPRUS Group C06 Amir ABDI (870918-T633, aabdi@kth.se) Georgios AVGERINOPOULOS (881105-T195, gav@kth.se) Pieter INGHELS (880403-T477, inghels@kth.se) Roupen OHANNESSIAN (890128-T173, roupen@kth.se) ABSTRACT This research project deals with the possible future scenarios of the desalination industry in Cyprus. Due to the increasing water shortage, desalination has become a thriving sector in this area. However, the large amounts of energy that are used to drive the desalination plants, contribute to the CO 2 emission increase, since they derive from oil utilization. On this project, integration of several alternative energy sources is investigated. Each different case is assessed on a carbon footprint and a financial basis, then, a comparison of those cases is carried out. Keywords: Desalination, energy demand, environmental effects, CO 2 emissions, Cyprus, reverse osmosis, renewable energy.