Courtesy of China Water Risk, a detailed look at how how Ningxia (China) manages water for coal & shares strategies to reduce future water stress: Highlights Ningxia is water-stressed and home to a large coal base Coal contributes 50% of industrial output; but 91.5% coal fired installed cap in high water-stressed regions From 2004 to […]
Read more »Via Future Directions International, a report on how Tanzania – faced with increased pressure on water sources and climatic variability – is beginning to turn to gas-fuelled electricity plants: Background Low water levels have forced Tanzania to turn off all its hydropower plants. Even prior to the shutdown many residents and businesses complained about a […]
Read more »Via the Huffington Post, commentary on the watergy nexus: This week, global experts gather in Stockholm for World Water Week amidst a backdrop of water-related crises worldwide. The U.S. state of California is experiencing a record-breaking four-year drought. Brazil and South Africa have electricity, water and food supply shortages due to low precipitation. Puerto Rico […]
Read more »Via a LinkedIn reference, some details on a Chinese firm’s mega offer for hydroelectric power generation in Pakistan: On July 3, 2015, the Express Tribune reported that a mega Chinese firm has expressed willingness to pump almost $50 billion for hydroelectric projects in Pakistan. China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), a state-owned power company which was established in September […]
Read more »Via news24, a sobering report on how the Tanzanian government is confronting the energy food nexus by declaring hydropower plants as protected areas, thus preventing farmers from using the water resources for irrigation: Tanzania, home to Mt Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti National Park, has a tradition of protecting land for the sake of ecological diversity […]
Read more »Via the Chicago Tribune, an article on how California’s drought is causing oil companies to reconsider their wastewater: California’s epic drought is pushing Big Oil to solve a problem it’s struggled with for decades: what to do with the billions of gallons of wastewater that gush out of wells every year. Golden State drillers have […]
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