Germany is one of the five largest consumer markets in the world. Given that both supply chains and water consumption in agriculture, industry and underlying resource extraction and energy generation are globally intertwined, consumption in Germany undeniably has a major impact on global water...

Germany is required by European Union legislation to achieve a 10% mixture of renewable energy in all road transport fuels by the year 2020. This paper intends to quantify the water use impacts of Germany’s compliance with the transport fuel goal of the EU Renewables Directive. Although the...