May 17th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a report on the water-energy nexus in the Indian Ocean region: Key Points Water is essential to energy production processes in both the mining of raw materials and in power generation. Energy is required for the extraction, purification, distribution, utilisation and disposal of water. The risks posed by the water-energy nexus […]
Read more »Coal: The Great Water Grab
April 14th, 2016
Via China Water Risk, an interesting look at the water tension between global coal power plants and use of water for agriculture, industry, and cities: Highlights The 84% of global water consumption by the coal industry is from coal power plants, mostly from the cooling of power plants, hard coal and lignite mining is responsible for […]
Read more »April 13th, 2016
Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed look at the watergy crisis currently being faced in Zambia where severe drought magnified by climate change has cut water levels on Lake Kariba, creating electricity shortages.: Even as drought and the effects of climate change grew visible across this land, the Kariba Dam was always a steady, and […]
Read more »Solving The Twin Crises of Energy And Water Scarcity
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 »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 »How Energy-Water Data Can Help Cities Conserve Both
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 […]
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