Via National Geographic, a report on the world’s growing energy thirst: The global increase of coal power, along with the coal industry’s adoption of new technologies, will drive the largest share of water consumption for energy use through 2035, according to the IEA. Pictured: Germany’s Jaenschwalde coal plant. The amount of fresh water consumed for […]
Read more »Via Adventure Journal, a look at the watergy implications of western oil shale production: Extracting the West oil riches requires lots and lots of water – and the area isn’t exactly getting wetter. Locked up inside the six million years of sediment that makes up the Green River Formation, which extends across mostly public lands […]
Read more »Via ModeShift, an interesting article on India’s watergy challenge: A 1,350-megawatt coal-fired power plant under construction near Tilda, near Raipur in Chhattisgarh, is one of more than 100 big generating stations recently built or nearing completion across India. Only China has a bigger coal-fired power plant construction program. It’s been a couple of weeks since […]
Read more »Via Masdar, an interesting post on the watergy nexus and the crux of the matter which is that we know that there is some kind of relationship between energy and water, but we don’t have succinct numbers: Although water and energy are intricately connected, this important relationship is poorly understood. While it is generally well […]
Read more »Via Triple Pundit, a look at the watergy nexus: Establishing a sustainable balance between energy and water is fundamental to the survival of humanity. This energy-water crisis relates to nearly all of the present and future environmental problems confronting our planet – from climate change to fossil fuel dependence, from over-population to agricultural practices. The […]
Read more »Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting report on one city’s realization that the recent oil and gas boom in the United States has been good business for the Carlsbad, New Mexico water department. Perhaps too good: On January 8, more than a year after the mayor asked industrial users to conserve water, the Carlsbad, […]
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