July 16th, 2020
Via The Energy & Policy Institute, the executive summary of a new report on the conflict between coal and water in the US: Burning coal to generate electricity consumes large quantities of water, which exposes the electric utilities that operate coal plants to water supply risks. Large coal plants consume millions of gallons of water […]
Read more »Egypt Offers Electricity Partnership With Ethiopia To Break Nile Dam Stalemate
July 14th, 2020
Via Al Monitor, an interesting look at another watergy nexus in Eastern Africa, namely the use of electricity as a way to negotiate water issues related to the Grand Renaissance Dam: Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati said July 1 that Egypt is ready to provide all necessary means to link electricity with Ethiopia, […]
Read more »July 14th, 2020
Via Nikkei Asian Review, a look at a hydropower politics: A $2.4 billion deal between Pakistan and China for a massive hydropower project in Kashmir shows how three nations are vying to out-flank one another in the Himalayas, a disputed territory existing on a knife’s edge that recently experienced a deadly clash between Chinese and […]
Read more »Let Me Flow: Bosnians Wage War on Mini Hydropower Plants
July 8th, 2020
Via Terra Daily, a report on Bosnian tensions over run-of-river hydropower plants: Looking out over the clear cascades of the Neretvica river in the heart of Bosnia, Safet Sarajlic says he is ready to spill his blood to defend the waterway from a hydropower project threatening its vital ecosystem. In a country criss-crossed by hundreds […]
Read more »May 23rd, 2020
Via The Economist, a look at how China – if it won’t build fewer dams – could at least share information with farmers and fisherman in downstream countries: Rivers flow downhill, which in much of Asia means they start on the Tibetan plateau before cascading away to the east, west and south. Those steep descents provide the […]
Read more »Lake Victoria’s Surging Water Levels Threaten Hydro Dams
May 7th, 2020
Via Reuters, a report on how Lake Victoria’s surging water levels threaten hydro dams: Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a threat to Uganda’s hydropower plants, the country said on Friday. The east African country relies almost entirely […]
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