July 6th, 2024
Via The Washington Post, a look at how far the fossil fuel industry will go to protect itself from climate impacts it helped cause: The marshes that blanket this pancake-flat parish south of New Orleans stretch for miles, strewn with small streams that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. A lone four-lane road goes south past […]
Read more »Zimbabwe Plans to Install First Floating Solar Panels at Kariba Dam by Early Next Year
June 22nd, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on Zimbabwe’s plans to install first floating solar panels at Kariba Dam Installment of 150-megawatt project possible early next year Lower dam levels due to drought have resulted in power cuts An initial 150 megawatts of solar on the surface of the Kariba Dam will be the start of the project, Gloria […]
Read more »June 21st, 2024
Via E&E News, a report on the petroleum industry’s water crunch: Energy companies in the U.S. are searching for new ways to manage the water they use and produce along with crude oil. The U.S. oil industry has a double-edged problem: It’s running out of fresh water in one of the most productive U.S. regions […]
Read more »‘Floatovoltaic’ Solar Panels on Lakes Could Unlock Lots of Clean Energy
June 17th, 2024
Via Canary Media, an article on new research that finds that covering even a small portion of a lake or reservoir’s surface with floating solar panels could generate a significant amount of electricity: A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers, a refuge for migrating birds. But if you ask solar-power enthusiasts, a reservoir is also not […]
Read more »June 10th, 2024
Via Mother Jones, a look at the fracking-related watergy crisis on the Colorado River: From the water, the White River canyon was a scene worthy of Ansel Adams. Swallows darted in and out of mud houses packed on the underside of the soaring sandstone cliffs. A lone elk wandered the hillside, while sheep noshed along the […]
Read more »Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow
June 3rd, 2024
Via the New York Times, a report on how lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change: In February, the United States did something that it had not done in many years — the country sent more electricity to Canada than it received […]
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