February 20th, 2022
Via Yale’s e360, an article on how climate change, bringing dried-up reservoirs and increased methane releases, should spell the end of big hydropower: s the hydroelectric dam industry tries to reposition itself as a climate change solution, more and more evidence shows that climate change actually undermines the case for hydro dams. Gone are the […]
Read more »Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Farm Underway in Netherlands
February 15th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on a new floating solar farm in the Netherlands: German renewable energy developer Baywa r.e. has begun constructing what will be the largest floating solar farm outside of China. The 27-megawatt Bomhofsplas solar farm is set to include 73,000 solar panels on a sandpit lake in Zwolle in the Netherlands, the company said […]
Read more »February 10th, 2022
Via EcoWatch, a report on a project to install solar arrays over two irrigation canals in California: Solar panels are coming to two California canals. The “Project Nexus” follows research from the University of California-Merced finding substantial benefits for water quality and delivery, in addition to the benefits of renewable power generation. This first-of-its-kind pilot project will install solar […]
Read more »Nepal Begins Hydropower Export to India
December 27th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on Nepal’s efforts to balance its need for Chinese investment and the Indian market to tap the full potential of its hydropower sector: In November 2021, India threw open its doors to purchase of Nepal’s electricity. This is an important milestone for Nepal as it the first time that the […]
Read more »September 23rd, 2021
Via Renewable Energy World, a report on a forecast decrease in US hydropower generation: In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that electricity generation from U.S. hydropower plants will be 14% lower in 2021 than it was in 2020. This is a result of “extreme and exceptional” drought conditions […]
Read more »The American West Is Running Out of Water—and Big Oil Can Help Fix It
September 21st, 2021
Via Fast Company, commentary on the potential to repurpose our oil and gas infrastructure to do something good for the planet: transport water to the parched West: We will eventually stop burning fossil fuels. The question isn’t if oil and gas fades from the picture, but whether it can happen quickly enough to stave off environmental […]
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