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. […]
Read more »Via Solar Daily, an article on an interesting idea for addressing the water/energy nexus in Namibia: Seawater desalination can be integrated into a solar thermal energy plant using a variety of desalination technologies. Is solar-driven multi-effect distillation a financially feasible solution for water-stressed Namibia? A research study from Stellenbosch University finds that a 100 MW […]
Read more »Via The Source magazine, an article highlighting India’s energy sector’s dependence on increasingly scarce water resources: A new paper from the World Resources Institute (WRI), Parched Power: Water Demands, Risks and Opportunities for India’s Power Sector, analyses all of India’s 400 plus thermal power plants and finds that India’s power supply is increasingly in jeopardy due to […]
Read more »Via Solar Daily, an article on India’s watergy challenge: A new policy brief co-authored by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) finds that increasing the share of renewables, in particular solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind, in India’s power mix, and implementing changes in cooling technologies mandated for thermal power […]
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