April 1st, 2016
Via Harvard Business Review, a look at the watergy nexus from a corporate value chain perspective: Few people realize the important role water plays in our daily energy use, or the energy required to heat, treat, and supply water. Powering one 60-watt bulb for 12 hours a day over the course of a year can […]
Read more »Coal: #1 Threat To Global Water Supplies
March 24th, 2016
Via Third Pole, commentary on a recent report outlining how coal use is the number one threat to water supplies: The burning of coal isn’t just cooking the planet through climate change, the fossil fuel is using large amounts of water in parts of the world where supplies of the most precious of natural resources are […]
Read more »March 23rd, 2016
Via the Environmental Defense Fund, a report on how energy-water data can help cities conserve both: Today is World Water Day, an international observance of water’s importance. This year’s theme is “Water and Jobs,” bringing awareness to the fact that nearly half of all workers on Earth (about 1.5 billion people) work in water-related jobs, and virtually […]
Read more »Thirsty and Power Hungry: Report Ties Coal Plants to Water Shortage in Northern China
March 23rd, 2016
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting report on the linkage between China’s coal production to its water shortages: China’s consumption of coal, a major contributor to climate change and the country’s horrific air pollution, is worsening a severe water shortage in the northern part of the country, Greenpeace said in a reportreleased Tuesday. China’s coal-fired power plants consume […]
Read more »March 21st, 2016
Via The Third Pole, a report on how two years of poor rainfall have led to such low water levels in Indian reservoirs that most hydropower plants are running at a small fraction of their capacity, while a thermal plant has shut down due to lack of water in the Ganga: Two consecutive years of […]
Read more »Water Shortages May Cut Short US Energy Revolution… What’s Needed?
February 25th, 2016
Via the Environmental Leaders, a look at the potential impace of water shortages on the U.S. energy revolution: With the shale gas boom reverberating across the United States, the country has found an abundant and cheap energy source — one that is reducing energy costs for corporations while also cutting the emissions of industrials and […]
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