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Hydropower-Rich Laos Pushes Into Crypto
September 16th, 2021

Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on Laos’ use of its watergy advantage to build a new industry: Laos has authorised the mining and trading of cryptocurrencies, in a policy shift by the debt-laden south-east Asian nation that positions it to profit from the crackdown on digital currency mining in China. Analysts said […]

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Renewable Energy for Water–Energy Nexus in Euphrates and Tigris River Basin
September 16th, 2021

Via Springer, an interesting abstract for a paper examining the watergy nexus in the Euphrates and Tigris River basin: Understanding the interdependency of energy and water and the influencing factors as well as how this interrelation impacts the other essential sectors for the riparian states in the Euphrates and Tigris river basin. A literature review […]

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Brazil: Energy Crisis Deepens Amid Ongoing Drought
September 2nd, 2021

Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a quick summary of Brazil’s watergy crisis: What Happened: Brazil’s energy crisis is worse than previously thought amid particularly low rainfall that has significantly reduced hydropower generation, according to the country’s energy minister Bento Albuquerque, Folha de Sao Paulo reported Aug. 31. Federal agencies in Brazil have been directed to cut overall […]

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California Hits Drought Milestone As Oroville Hydropower Stops For First Time
August 7th, 2021

Via Politico, a report on an auspicious watergy crisis in California: California water managers on Thursday shut down hydropower generation at Lake Oroville for the first time ever due to falling lake levels, a major milestone in the state’s historic drought. What happened: The Hyatt Powerplant at Lake Oroville went offline for the first time in […]

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Extreme Drought Could Shut Down a Hydroelectric Power Plant In California
July 19th, 2021

Via Vice, a report on the impact that California’s drought will have upon its renewable energy production: Officials are preparing for the likelihood that California’s record breaking drought will come for its renewable energy stores. The West Coast state, which has been weathering wildfires, 126-year rainfall lows, and a historic heat dome, announced on Friday that it is preparing for […]

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Hydropower Push Leaves Pakistani Kashmir’s Capital Hot and Bothered
July 16th, 2021

Via the Thomson Reuters Foundation, an article on how the diversion of Muzaffarabad’s Neelum river for clean power has raised summer temperatures – and a second river may be diverted too: On hot summer evenings, Khawaja Magbool Hadieri’s family used to sit on their home’s balcony and relish the cool breeze wafting off the nearby […]

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About This Blog And Its Author
As the scarcity of water and energy continues to grow, the linkage between these two critical resources will become more defined and even more acute in the months ahead.  This blog is committed to analyzing and referencing articles, reports, and interviews that can help unlock the nascent, complex and expanding linkages between water and energy -- The Watergy Nexus -- and will endeavor to provide a central clearinghouse for insightful articles and comments for all to consider.

Educated at Yale University (Bachelor of Arts - History) and Harvard (Master in Public Policy - International Development), Monty Simus has held a lifelong interest in environmental and conservation issues, primarily as they relate to freshwater scarcity, renewable energy, and national park policy.  Working from a water-scarce base in Las Vegas with his wife and son, he is the founder of Water Politics, an organization dedicated to the identification and analysis of geopolitical water issues arising from the world’s growing and vast water deficits, and is also a co-founder of SmartMarkets, an eco-preneurial venture that applies web 2.0 technology and online social networking innovations to motivate energy & water conservation.  He previously worked for an independent power producer in Central Asia; co-authored an article appearing in the Summer 2010 issue of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, titled: “The Water Ethic: The Inexorable Birth Of A Certain Alienable Right”; and authored an article appearing in the inaugural issue of Johns Hopkins University's Global Water Magazine in July 2010 titled: “H2Own: The Water Ethic and an Equitable Market for the Exchange of Individual Water Efficiency Credits.”