Via The Colorado Sun, an interesting article on water savings resulting from the closure of coal-fired power plants in the western U.S.: The closing of 30 coal-fired generating units across the West – including 10 in Colorado – could free-up more than 76 billion gallons of river and groundwater a year in the increasingly parched […]
Read more »Via Eurasia Review, an article on a new framework that evaluates how different climate scenarios may impact the watergy nexus: As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and energy are inextricably linked. For instance, nearly a fifth of California’s energy goes […]
Read more »Via Al Monitor, a report on Egypt’s efforts to dig the largest dam in Tanzania to generate hydroelectric power: Egypt is trying to recreate the Aswan High Dam experience by building a similar dam in Tanzania. On Nov. 8, Egypt’s Minister of Housing Asim al-Gazzar and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker attended a ceremony, in the presence […]
Read more »Via The Energy & Policy Institute, the executive summary of a new report on the conflict between coal and water in the US: Burning coal to generate electricity consumes large quantities of water, which exposes the electric utilities that operate coal plants to water supply risks. Large coal plants consume millions of gallons of water […]
Read more »Via Al Monitor, an interesting look at another watergy nexus in Eastern Africa, namely the use of electricity as a way to negotiate water issues related to the Grand Renaissance Dam: Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati said July 1 that Egypt is ready to provide all necessary means to link electricity with Ethiopia, […]
Read more »Via Nikkei Asian Review, a look at a hydropower politics: A $2.4 billion deal between Pakistan and China for a massive hydropower project in Kashmir shows how three nations are vying to out-flank one another in the Himalayas, a disputed territory existing on a knife’s edge that recently experienced a deadly clash between Chinese and […]
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