July 16th, 2022
Via The Guardian, an article on how – with water levels falling ‘lower than thought possible’ at Glen Canyon dam – energy production could halt as soon as July 2023: Bob Martin, the deputy power manager at the Glen Canyon dam, gestures at the band of whitish, chalky residue running along the steep canyon walls […]
Read more »Sri Lanka Can Gain a Myriad of Benefits from Twinning Floating Solar and Hydropower
July 3rd, 2022
Via the World Bank, a look at how adding large-scale floating solar plants would not only make electricity greener and affordable but improve Sri Lanka’s competitiveness: Floating solar could bring multiple benefits such as better land utilisation, improved efficiency and it gives potential to help Sri Lanka meet its renewable energy goals Globally over 30 […]
Read more »June 22nd, 2022
Via BBC, an interesting look at the potential for nuclear desalination to help address global water scarcity: There are communities on every continent running short of water, according to the United Nations. Unfortunately, although our planet is swathed by oceans and seas, only a tiny fraction of Earth’s water - about 2.5% – is fresh, and demand for drinking water […]
Read more »The “Fuel of the Future” and Water Insecurity in South Africa’s Platinum Belt
May 17th, 2022
Via The Wilson Center’s New Security Beat, a look at the watergy nexus of hydrogen fuel and the impact that water scarcity in South Africa may have upon the industry: Hydrogen fuel is becoming a central pillar of global decarbonization strategies. The hype over green hydrogen (the “fuel of the future”) and its potential to provide an […]
Read more »May 17th, 2022
Via The Conversation, an article on how hydropower’s future is clouded by droughts, floods and climate change, but it’s also essential to the US electric grid: The water in Lake Powell, one of the nation’s largest reservoirs, has fallen so low amid the Western drought that federal officials are resorting to emergency measures to avoid shutting down hydroelectric power at […]
Read more »Lake Powell: Water or Electricity?
May 3rd, 2022
Via CNN, an article on how Lake Powell officials face an impossible choice in the West’s megadrought – water or electricity: Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, is drying up. The situation is critical: if water levels at the lake were to drop another 32 feet, all hydroelectricity production would be halted at the reservoir’s Glen Canyon Dam. […]
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