November 8th, 2022
Via the Globe and Mail, an article on drought’s impact on hydropower generation in Canada: Manitoba Hydro’s recent annual financial report demonstrates what happens when severe drought reduces water volumes passing through a power utility’s dams. Manitoba suffered the worst drought in decades during the utility’s 2021-22 fiscal year. Since hydroelectric dams generate nearly all […]
Read more »The Cost to Capture Carbon? More Water and Electricity.
October 15th, 2022
Via The Guardian, a look at how a Louisiana power company’s plan to capture climate emissions is raising concerns about the state’s water supplies: A carbon capture proposal for a central Louisiana power plant has been titled “Project Diamond Vault” by its owner, Louisiana utility Cleco. The utility says the project will have “precious value” to […]
Read more »October 2nd, 2022
Via the World Economic Forum, an article on the watergy impact of a hydrogen economy: Hydrogen is now viewed as a viable alternative to fossil fuels. The hydrogen manufacturing process uses and produces water. In an era of water insecurity, it is crucial that the hydrogen industry makes it clear that it doesn’t negatively impact […]
Read more »Energy-Water Nexus Data Dump 1: Fracking
October 1st, 2022
Via The Land Desk, a detailed look at how much water is required to frack an oil well: A few weeks ago a New Mexico source emailed to let me know that a handful of oil and gas wells were being “completed,” or hydraulically fractured, along the shores of Navajo Lake, which straddles the Colorado-New Mexico […]
Read more »September 24th, 2022
Via Solar Daily, an article on how rooftop solar cells can be a boon for water conservation too: Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells not only save on planet-warming carbon emissions, they also save a significant amount of water, say a pair of Duke University researchers who have done the math. A given household may save an […]
Read more »Global Drought Saps Hydropower
September 11th, 2022
Via the Wall Street Journal, a look at the impact of the global drought on hydropower: Record drought across the globe this year dried up rivers and reservoirs and sapped the world’s largest source of renewable electricity: hydropower. The dip in electricity generated by the flow of water across dams in China, Europe and the U.S. […]
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