Via the World Bank’s Water Blog, interesting commentary from Robert Brears on how cities around the world are exploring a variety of technological and management innovations to reduce urban water-energy nexus pressures Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s population and generating around 80% of […]
Read more »Via the World Resources Institute, an article on the watergy nexus: Drought in Kenya and neighboring countries became so severe earlier this year that the government of Kenya declared a national disaster. Already, the effects have been devastating: Food production dropped, leaving more than 2.6 million people without access to sufficient food. Some villagers have […]
Read more »Via Greenpeace, details on a recent report the potential for sewage water to help solve India’s coal power’s drought problem: The use of sewage to meet coal power plants’ cooling needs will not resolve the conflict over water between thermal power plants and farmers and urban communities, said Greenpeace India today, in a report titled ‘Pipe […]
Read more »Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at how one India’s province is taking on the watergy challenge: Before he agreed to serve as minister of state and take command of his country’s mammoth energy production and distribution sector, Piyush Goyal developed one of India’s most spirited political careers. “A man of ideas and […]
Read more »Via ValueWalk, a report on the watergy nexus: In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner from 1834, English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously quipped “Water, water, everywhere / But not a drop to drink”. The lines speak to the irony of sailing the high seas: there’s unfathomable amounts of water in every direction, but it’s […]
Read more »Via Global Water Forum, a look at China’s water-energy nexus: In the last decade, many studies have shed light on the interconnectedness of the provision of water and energy resources. For example, water is an indispensable input for various stages of energy production, particularly as a cooling medium for the operational stage of power generation.1 […]
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