May 2nd, 2017
Via Future Directions International, an article on South Asia’s watergy crisis: Key Points Demand for electricity in South Asia will continue to increase. While coal is likely to continue to be the main energy source, diversification efforts could decrease its share. The role of hydroelectric production has been to stabilise the grid, it is not […]
Read more »Water Butts Heads With Fracking, Oil & Gas Industry In Oklahoma … Or Not
May 1st, 2017
Via Clean Technica, a report on the tension between water and fracking in the Midwest: The fracking boom has combined with conventional oil and gas drilling to raise a sea of troubles against the doorstep of Oklahoma. Water scarcity is one of those troubles. In a new report aimed at avoiding chronic water shortages, a […]
Read more »April 28th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, a report on whether the expansion of hydropower is Asia will shift the region towards a low carbon future, or simply over exploit a fragile ecosystem: For the past two decades, China has been in the midst of an unprecedented dam-building boom, developing over 300 gigawatts (GW) of hydropower. But coal-fuelled development […]
Read more »Google’s Data Center Raises The Stakes In South Carolina’s ‘Water Wars’
April 26th, 2017
Via Mashable, an article on how Google’s data center is raises the stakes in South Carolina’s ‘water wars’: Endless emails, map requests, web searches, and everything else we do online requires the use of energy-hungry, water-guzzling data centers. For Google, that enormous thirst for water is causing controversy near Charleston, South Carolina, where the tech giant […]
Read more »April 26th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on how politics and electricity in Punjab combine to prevent groundwater reform: The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has stated that groundwater levels in 67 per cent of the Indian state of Punjab have dropped in 65 per cent of wells tested in August 2016, compared to August 2015, […]
Read more »Water Flows In China’s Grid
April 19th, 2017
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a look at how water consumption of thermal power generation means electricity-exporting provinces are also exporting water: Embedded water is everywhere, from the shirts we wear to the cereals we eat, not to mention beef. Less well-known is the water that transits through electricity grids, that is, the water used […]
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