Via Project Syndicate, an interesting commentary on watergy trade-offs: Climate change undoubtedly poses a potent – even existential – threat to the planet. But the current approach to mitigating it, which reflects a single-minded focus on cutting carbon dioxide emissions, may end up doing serious harm, as it fails to account for the energy sector’s […]
Read more »Courtesy of Circle Of Blue, a look at the watergy impact of developing the Permian Basin in New Mexico: Deep beneath the desert that surrounds this oil boomtown is a fossil fuel bounty of staggering riches reachable only by penetrating vulnerable beds of porous limestone and soluble salt at considerable environmental and public risk. Carlsbad […]
Read more »Courtesy of the Australian Water Association, a look at an interesting project and innovative company using blockchain to build a watergy platform: Industry may be one step closer to realising the water-energy nexus thanks to a two-year project that aims to deliver renewable energy and sustainable water supply with the help of blockchain technology. The […]
Read more »Via The Energy Collective, a report on the watergy reality behind Cape Town’s water crisis: In Cape Town, South Africa, the countdown is on for Day Zero when water taps in the city of 4 million people are expected to run dry. Yet, while this water crisis has been making headlines worldwide, nobody’s talking about […]
Read more »Via Nexus, a reference to an interesting new study on the U.S. watergy nexus: In this study, the authors evaluate the energy-for-water component of the energy-water nexus by providing and analyzing a unique primary database consisting of drinking water and wastewater utility flows and energy. These anthropogenic fluxes of water through the urban environment are […]
Read more »Via SciDevNet, a look at the impact that planned dams may have upon Africa’s electricity supply: Large dams planned for completion by 2030 in Eastern and Southern Africa could increase the risk of disrupting electricity supplies because they will be concetrated in areas with similar rainfall patterns and vulnerable to droughts, according to a study. […]
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