July 20th, 2016
Via China Water Risk, a look at how wind & sun can help China’s parched North save water and still make power: Highlights -Resources severely mismatched in the North; solar & wind can save water equivalent up to 18% of the Western route -3 northern provinces account for ~75% of China’s onshore wind & solar […]
Read more »Energy: One Of The Largest Water Consumers In A Drought-Threatened World
June 24th, 2016
Via The Conversation, an interesting article on the global watergy nexus: With a quarter of the world’s human population already living in regions that suffer from severe water scarcity for at least six months of the year, it is perhaps not surprising that the World Economic Forum recently rated water crises as the largest global risk in terms of […]
Read more »June 23rd, 2016
Via Nature.org, a look at Myanmar’s watergy challenges & opportunities ahead: As a personal investor, you tend to hear a lot about balancing risk and reward through a few fundamental strategies, such as developing — and sticking to — a long-range plan that features a diversified portfolio. But this is not an essay on personal […]
Read more »Floating Solar: A Solution To Multiple Watergy Challenges?
June 17th, 2016
Courtesy of China Water Risk, an interesting look at how floating solar is well-suited to China’s hunger for power and its limited water & land: Water has a unique propensity to never stay in one place for very long. Evaporation is one of its favourite ways to escape. Although the evaporated water ultimately falls again […]
Read more »June 14th, 2016
Via Breaking Energy, an interesting report on Texas’ watergy nexus: It’s been an interesting time for water in Texas. Beyond the incredibly wet and cool spring we’ve been having, Memorial Day saw the second year in a row of record-breaking floods. And a few weeks ago, the Texas Water Development Board(TWDB) asked for comments on the draft […]
Read more »California: Saving Water Saved A Lot Of Power, Too
June 7th, 2016
Via the San Diego Union-Tribune, a report on the electricity savings realized during California’s recently mandated water cuts: As debate continues in San Diego County and around the state over how aggressively to conserve water amid a historic drought, a new study finds that cuts in urban water use have saved significant amounts of electricity […]
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