Via Water Education.org, a look at the increasing use of solar-powered canopies over canals: A solar-paneled canopy now under construction over the Casa Blanca Canal near Phoenix is on track to be the first project of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Source: Tectonicus Constructs LLC An intensifying but unseen force is stealing precious water […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a report on China’s advances in pumped hydro: Fengning station in Hebei province fully operational on Sunday Nation seeking to expand capacity to 120 gigawatts by 2030 State Grid Corp. of China has completed the world’s biggest pumped hydro plant as the nation ramps up its green energy capabilities. The ast of 12 […]
Read more »Via Inside Climate News, a report on the impact that growing exploration for lithium is having upon water resources: Lithium needed for batteries that power electric vehicles and store electricity from renewable energy projects is likely to deplete—and in some cases, contaminate—local water supplies, according to a new paper published this week. From mining the […]
Read more »Via The Washington Post, a look at how far the fossil fuel industry will go to protect itself from climate impacts it helped cause: The marshes that blanket this pancake-flat parish south of New Orleans stretch for miles, strewn with small streams that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. A lone four-lane road goes south past […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, a report on Zimbabwe’s plans to install first floating solar panels at Kariba Dam Installment of 150-megawatt project possible early next year Lower dam levels due to drought have resulted in power cuts An initial 150 megawatts of solar on the surface of the Kariba Dam will be the start of the project, Gloria […]
Read more »Via E&E News, a report on the petroleum industry’s water crunch: Energy companies in the U.S. are searching for new ways to manage the water they use and produce along with crude oil. The U.S. oil industry has a double-edged problem: It’s running out of fresh water in one of the most productive U.S. regions […]
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