Via Quartz, a report on the UAE’s new Liwa Strategic Water Reserve: In 1960, the United Arab of Emirates had about 90,000 people. Today, it has 100 times as many. That wouldn’t have happened purely because someone found oil in the desert. The country’s residents need water, and a lot of it. Oil has helped, […]
Read more »Via the Environmental Leader, a report on the watergy nexus in California: While California failed to reach its goal of a 25% reduction in water use in 2015, the measures taken to reduce usage led to other environmental benefits, according to a new report from the University of California, Davis. The state implemented measures to […]
Read more »Via The Conversation, an article on hydropower in Africa: In the 1980s and 1990s parts of Africa saw a surge in dam building for energy production. After a brief hiatus there has been renewed interested. Many new construction projects are planned and underway across sub-Saharan Africa. Hydropower represents a significant and rapidly expanding proportion of electricity production […]
Read more »Via Future Directions International, a look at how politics could undermine a potential solution to the co-existence of power generation and food production along the Mekong River: The Mekong River underpins the food security of millions of South-East Asians. The 4,350 kilometre-long river runs through China, Burma/ Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Upstream riparians […]
Read more »Via Live Quality, a look at the watergy nexus: In order for us to produce energy, we need to use massive amounts of water. But to use water, we need a great deal of energy to process the water. Let’s take a look at how much water is used to supply power to America. According […]
Read more »Via EDF, interesting commentary on the role that water plays in energy resiliency: Energy Secretary Rick Perry is trying to prop up coal and nuclear companies under the guise of enhanced “resiliency.” The Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal does not define resiliency, nor does it even make clear what resiliency means in the context of the electric […]
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