Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100617
Mohammadreza Gholami , Sobhan Dorahaki , Mohammad Habib Reza , Lazhar Ben-Brahim , S M Muyeen
{"title":"Evaluating year-round solar energy harvesting in semi-transparent PV-integrated greenhouses with roof and wall installation in an even-span design","authors":"Mohammadreza Gholami , Sobhan Dorahaki , Mohammad Habib Reza , Lazhar Ben-Brahim , S M Muyeen","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100617","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100617","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the global drive toward sustainable agricultural practices, semi-transparent photovoltaic (STPV) technology offers a dual benefit of generating renewable energy while still permitting a portion of sunlight essential for plant growth. Unlike traditional photovoltaic installations limited to roof surfaces, this work investigates the innovative use of STPV panels on vertical wall surfaces to maximize solar harvesting. By conducting an hourly irradiance analysis for a full calendar year, we evaluated the solar energy potential of different greenhouse sections (roof and walls) in Qatar's climatic conditions. The results reveal a significant contribution from wall-mounted STPV installations, which generated 83.77 % of the total annual energy compared to roof-mounted systems. Among the walls, the East Wall (EW) contributed consistently, achieving an annual average of 0.35 kWh/m², while the South Wall (SW) and West Wall (WW) also provided meaningful outputs of 0.19 kWh/m² and 0.22 kWh/m² respectively. In contrast, the North Roof (NR) and North Wall (NW) sections demonstrated the lowest energy outputs, with annual averages of 0.01 kWh/m² and 0.05 kWh/m², underscoring limited solar access due to their orientation. Sensitivity analysis further indicated that panel efficiency plays a crucial role in energy generation, with potential production reaching 18,904 kWh annually at a 20 % efficiency rate, significantly higher than the baseline 7 % efficiency considered in this study.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100617"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100613
Jesper Knutsson , Jörgen Wallin
{"title":"Optimizing energy efficiency and legionella control in hot water circulation systems: laboratory validation and field assessment in Swedish multifamily buildings","authors":"Jesper Knutsson , Jörgen Wallin","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100613","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100613","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hot water circulation (HWC) systems in multifamily buildings face a fundamental trade-off: maintaining temperatures sufficient to suppress <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> (≥50 °C) while minimizing the 2.5–4.3 TWh annual energy loss these systems represent in Sweden alone. This study employed a novel dual approach combining controlled laboratory experiments with real-world validation to address this challenge. We constructed a full-scale test rig simulating a 20-apartment building to quantify thermal losses and microbial dynamics under varying flow rates and temperatures. This was complemented by a field validation encompassing 56 water samples from 31 multifamily buildings. The results demonstrate that when optimizing the system to maintain a regulatory required return temperature of 50 °C, thermal heat losses were nearly identical between low-flow (0.2 m/s) and high-flow (0.5 m/s) operation. The decisive factor was pump energy, where high-flow operation required 3.4 times more power than low-flow operation (108 W vs. 32 W). This resulted in a total annual energy saving of approximately 12% for the low-flow strategy, entirely attributable to reduced electricity consumption for the pump. Periodic thermal shocks at 60–65 °C effectively reduced L. <em>pneumophila</em> concentrations, indicating that continuous high-temperature operation is not required for microbial control. Field sampling revealed that 23% of samples tested positive for legionella, with problematic cases strongly linked to design flaws like towel warmers connected to the HWC loop. These findings indicate that a risk-based strategy combining low-flow circulation (0.2 m/s), a baseline return temperature of 50 °C, and periodic thermal shocks can significantly reduce system energy consumption while maintaining legionella safety.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100613"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145712478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2025-12-11DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100619
Opeyemi A. Iresemowo, Vincent O. Nyamori, Olatunde S. Olatunji
{"title":"High-performance electrochemical sensing of tetracycline via functionalised reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites","authors":"Opeyemi A. Iresemowo, Vincent O. Nyamori, Olatunde S. Olatunji","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100619","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100619","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The detection of antibiotic residues, particularly tetracyclines (TC), is crucial due to their potential risks to public health and environmental safety. This study reports the development of a selective and sensitive electrochemical sensor based on reduced graphene oxide functionalized with emeraldine salt and palladium nanoparticles (rGO-ES-Pd) for the detection of TC in simulated samples, urine, surface water, and wastewater. The rGO-ES-Pd nanocomposite was synthesised via a wet chemical method and drop-cast onto a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) to fabricate the rGO-ES-Pd/GCE sensor. To evaluate the impact of different polyaniline oxidation states, three additional nanocomposites, rGO-EB-Pd (emeraldine base), rGO-PG-Pd (pernigraniline), and rGO-LE-Pd (leucoemeraldine), were also prepared and tested. Comprehensive characterisation was performed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and cyclic voltammetry (CV). Among the tested nanocomposites, the rGO-ES-Pd/GCE sensor exhibited the highest electrocatalytic activity for TC detection, with a pH-dependent peak current response in the potential range of 0.1–0.4 V. The sensor demonstrated a wide linear detection range (0.01–5.0 × 10<sup>−6</sup> M) and a low detection limit (1.51 × 10<sup>−7</sup> M). Selectivity studies in the presence of common interfering substances, ibuprofen, erythromycin, and amoxicillin, revealed minimal interference and a low relative standard deviation (RSD) of 3.29 %, confirming the robustness of the sensor. The developed electrochemical method was successfully applied to detect TC in real environmental (river water, wastewater influent) and biological (urine) samples, showing excellent reproducibility and long-term stability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100619"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100645
Amna A.M. Bashir, William T. Riddell, Jagadish Torlapati
{"title":"Quantifying and benchmarking drinking water treatment facilities in 5 geographical regions in New Jersey, USA using energy and carbon intensity metrics","authors":"Amna A.M. Bashir, William T. Riddell, Jagadish Torlapati","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100645","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100645","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Energy use in drinking water systems varies significantly across utilities due to differences in operating conditions, and system configuration, posing challenges for consistent energy benchmarking. In this study, we present data collection, alignment and benchmarking approach based on a long-term operational data set from a water utility company operated in five geographical regions in New Jersey. The framework enabled quantification and comparison of total energy consumption and water production, across raw water, treatment and finished water facilities. The total energy and carbon intensity metrics were calculated using the aligned dataset supporting the comparative benchmarking approach. Energy and carbon intensities were calculated for all regions combined, by region, and by specific function of drinking water facilities, resulting in overall averages of 0.7 kWh/m³ and 0.24 kg CO<sub>2</sub>e/m<sup>3</sup>, respectively. Additionally, this study highlights that factors such as topography, applied treatment technologies and the spatial distribution of water consumers are positively correlated with energy requirements for pumping and treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100645"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100650
Ali R. Alruzuq , Joann Mossa
{"title":"Advancements in large floodplain inundation mapping: Integrated computational modeling and remote sensing techniques","authors":"Ali R. Alruzuq , Joann Mossa","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100650","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100650","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The devastating impacts of flooding can be mitigated by strengthening the integration between hydrodynamic modeling and remote sensing, thereby improving floodplain management and the accuracy of inundation mapping. However, the relationship between river discharge and floodplain response remains insufficiently quantified in many large river systems, limiting reliable estimation of inundation extent, flood volumes, and floodplain connectivity. This study evaluates the hydraulic behavior of the Lower Apalachicola River and its associated floodplain within the Wewahitchka-Sumatra reaches using a two-dimensional HEC-RAS modeling framework. A high-resolution LiDAR-Sonar integrated digital elevation model (DEM) and terrain surfaces generated using the Relative Elevation Model (REM) approach were implemented to simulate floodplain inundation depth and extent under representative low-flow (175.3 m³/s) and high-flow (4360.8 m³/s) conditions observed during the 2015-2016 flood event. The REM centerline method was applied to smooth channel elevations, resulting in systematically deeper channel representation relative to the LiDAR-Sonar DEM. Model performance was evaluated using inundation extents derived from Landsat-8, MODIS, and Sentinel-1 satellite imagery. Results indicate that differences in inundation extent between DEM-based and REM-based simulations increase with flow magnitude, with areal differences of 9.93% and 4.02% under low- and high-flow conditions, respectively. DEM-based HEC-RAS simulations consistently produced larger flood extents than REM-based simulations, primarily due to differences in the representation of main-channel elevation. Maximum flood-water depth differences of 0.78 m and 0.76 m were observed for DEM and REM simulations under low- and high-flow conditions, respectively. Overall, the findings confirm the robustness of the HEC-RAS 2D framework for simulating floodplain inundation in large, low-gradient river systems and demonstrate the value of integrating high-resolution topographic data with complementary modeling approaches. The proposed framework offers a transferable methodology for floodplain management, restoration assessment, and improved understanding of river-floodplain connectivity under varying hydrologic conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100650"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100652
Xiangping Hu , Vedant Ballal , Gabriele Martinelli , Geir-Arne Fuglstad , Alessandro Nocente , Roberto Iacono , Bo Huang , Francesco Cherubini
{"title":"Impacts of drought on electricity production, fossil carbon emissions, and air pollution in Europe","authors":"Xiangping Hu , Vedant Ballal , Gabriele Martinelli , Geir-Arne Fuglstad , Alessandro Nocente , Roberto Iacono , Bo Huang , Francesco Cherubini","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100652","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100652","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Europe has experienced severe droughts that impacted electricity generation from both renewable and fossil sources. Yet, the response of national electricity systems to drought and the resulting impacts on emissions of CO₂ and air pollutants remain insufficiently understood. This study combines monthly historical electricity generation data (2017–2023) with runoff anomalies, used as a proxy for drought conditions, across 25 European countries. A regression-based counterfactual analysis is applied to quantify the country-level response of electricity systems to drier-than-average conditions. Estimated drought-induced changes in fossil-based generation are subsequently translated into emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants using fuel- and country-specific emission factors. We find that electricity generation from hydropower and other renewables is reduced during dry periods, while reliance on fossil fuels and imports increases. Drought induced 141±35 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions between 2017 and 2023, corresponding to 31 % of the emissions that Europe could release by 2040 under its most ambitious climate goals. Emissions are mainly driven by increased use of natural gas (48 %), coal (22 %), lignite (21 %), and imports (8 %). In France and Portugal, drought-induced emissions account for around 10 % of total fossil-based electricity emissions. The estimated monetized social cost of these emissions is 26 billion USD. Emissions of air pollutants show an average increase of about 2.5 %, though they widely vary across countries. These findings underscore the need for targeted adaptation strategies to reduce the power sector’s vulnerability to drought and to maintain progress toward energy security and decarbonization targets</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100652"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146188896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100678
Zhiquan Yao, Zhengkai Tu
{"title":"Study on degradation mechanisms of proton exchange membrane fuel cell under CO poisoning","authors":"Zhiquan Yao, Zhengkai Tu","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100678","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100678","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) represent a key technology for hydrogen energy utilization, yet their reliance on high-purity hydrogen restricts further advancement. While hydrogen-rich reforming gas can reduce costs, the CO present in such gas poisons the catalyst. A novel treatment method involves creating a mild hydrogen-deficient environment to enable rapid recovery from high-CO poisoning states. This approach utilizes dual-cell cycling to maintain stable operation in CO-containing environments, though research on this method remains limited. This study quantitatively analyzed the effects of CO concentration, back pressure, humidity, and temperature through multifactor experiments. A 100-h endurance test under periodic purging conditions revealed fundamentally different degradation pathways: CO exposure caused irreversible damage—a 14.29% loss in electrochemically active surface area, a 34.4% increase in charge transfer resistance, severe catalyst agglomeration, platinum particle growth reaching 55.6%, and oxidation significantly concentrated at the anode inlet due to CO concentration gradients. In contrast, hydrogen operation induced only minor degradation primarily attributable to cathode flooding. This study identified the dual effects of operating parameters, elucidated two distinct failure mechanisms, and provided critical insights for developing mitigation strategies, enabling PEMFC to operate continuously using impure hydrogen fuel.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100678"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving microgrid reliability and performance by implementing novel optimizing strategies for renewable energy and storage devices","authors":"Nilesh Chothani , Parul Upadhyay , Dharmesh Patel , Choon Kit Chan , Nithesh Naik , Subhav Singh , Saurav Dixit","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100671","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100671","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The planning and operation of microgrids rely on efficient energy management, especially where the generation of renewable sources is high, intermittent, and unpredictable. The intermittent characteristics of solar energy and wind velocity pose a significant challenge in ensuring economic viability, voltage stability, and safe operation. In order to solve these problems, this paper suggests a Levy Flight Particle Swarm Optimization (LFPSO)-based techno-economic optimization model of optimal integration of wind, solar, micro-turbine distributed generators, and energy storage systems within a grid-connected micro-grid. The LFPSO is an extension of the traditional PSO that adds heavy-tailed Levy perturbations of flight, which greatly increases the possibility of world exploration as well as reduces premature convergence. The optimization model will reduce the levelized operating cost, system active power losses, and dependency of this substation at the same time, with nodal voltage magnitude and phase angle constraints to provide stable operation. The uncertainty of renewable generation is modeled explicitly by applying the scenario-based stochastic make-up of wind speed and solar irradiance. The validity of the methodology is demonstrated on an IEEE-13 bus microgrid under various conditions of renewable availability and load. Comparative convergence analysis has shown that LFPSO has a convergence time which is ten times less than standard PSO, and objective values are lower as well which is statistically validated with 100 independent runs showing robustness. The simulation results show that the operating cost is reduced to 0.142–0.145 USD/kWh, the active power loss is reduced by up to 80 percent under favorable conditions of renewable sources and the Substation Dependency Index (SBDI) is improved systematically, which is an indicator of better resilience of the microgrids. The findings affirm that LFPSO offers computationally efficient and robust optimization framework of microgrid energy management in the real world and has distinct benefits over its peer meta-heuristic approaches in addressing renewable uncertainty and multi-objective operational limitations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100671"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147396688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing water resources availability and crop performance under climate change in Kenya's Bura irrigation scheme using SWAT and AquaCrop","authors":"Daniel Mwendwa Wambua , Hiroaki Somura , Toshitsugu Moroizumi , Morihiro Maeda","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2025.100624","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current study focused on Tana River Basin in Kenya, home to the Bura irrigation scheme (BIS). The BIS faces water supply shortages during critical months of crop development. This study aimed to evaluate the available water resources and crop performance using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and AquaCrop, respectively, under historical and future shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) at the BIS. SWAT estimated the total available flows (TAF) at the BIS intake, whereas AquaCrop estimated crop water requirements (CWR), yields, and water productivity (Wpet) of rice and maize at various carbon (IV) oxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) levels. The study suggested that the TAF will remain relatively low during the early critical crop development stages in the main cropping season, August-October. Maize yields remained steady over the two cropping seasons under both constant and elevated CO<sub>2</sub> levels in the historical and future periods, as opposed to those of rice. Elevated CO<sub>2</sub> levels led to diminishing CWR. Moreover, rice showed a stronger response to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> than maize. As a result, maize which is less affected by variations in CO<sub>2</sub> and temperatures and has less crop water requirements will be better suited than rice for cultivation in the BIS under climate change. To ensure a sustainable water supply in the scheme, the government should increase rainwater harvesting during periods of high TAF. Moreover, there should be a focus on introducing crops that are tolerant to water and temperature stresses and that can reap the most from the elevated CO<sub>2</sub> levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100624"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Energy nexusPub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-01-09DOI: 10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100630
Montserrat Montalà-Palau , Marc Cheah Mañé , Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt
{"title":"How resilient is a power system? An open-source tool integrating GIS and Optimal Power Flow for resilience assessment","authors":"Montserrat Montalà-Palau , Marc Cheah Mañé , Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt","doi":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100630","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nexus.2026.100630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of resilience has gained prominence across diverse fields and has recently emerged as a crucial concept in power systems, complementing traditional notions of reliability, robustness, and security. Despite this, standardized approaches to integrating resilience into power system planning remain limited. This study proposes a novel framework that combines Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with AC and DC Optimal Power Flow (OPF) analysis to quantify power system resilience. A new resilience index is introduced, accounting for external hazards, system vulnerabilities, and inherent strengths. Recognizing resilience as a multi-layered challenge that requires comprehensive data management, the methodology utilizes GIS to efficiently integrate both qualitative and quantitative spatial and system data, enabling robust analysis even in data-sparse or heterogeneous environments. The methodology is implemented as an open-source tool and applied to a rural power network in Spain, illustrating how different mitigation strategies affect resilience outcomes. In the demonstrated case study, the proposed mitigation strategies reduced the system’s overall power at risk by nearly 90%. The tool constitutes a valuable resource for resilience-oriented power system planning and is freely available at [1].</div></div>","PeriodicalId":93548,"journal":{"name":"Energy nexus","volume":"21 ","pages":"Article 100630"},"PeriodicalIF":9.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}