February 19th, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on the watergy tensions bedeviling Brazil’s power industry: PRAYING to St Peter is not much of an energy policy. Yet that is what Brazil’s government seems to be doing by counting on rain—which, according to folklore, São Pedro dispenses at the pearly gates—to sort out a looming electricity crisis. […]
Read more »Thirsty Energy: The Conflict Between Demands For Power And Water
February 8th, 2014
Courtesy of The Guardian, an article on how water scarcity and poor hydro management can threaten energy production: The UK’s climate change minister Greg Barker and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan will be among those meeting in Delhi this week to try to get to grips with one of the most pressing issues of our time: […]
Read more »February 8th, 2014
Via the Christian Science Monitor, an article on how California consumers are being told to save water now so they will have electricity later: The message to Californians is as unequivocal as it is counterintuitive to some: Take shorter showers, turn off the faucet while shaving, stop watering your lawn, and there might be enough […]
Read more »New Hydraulic Fracturing Report Finds Texas and Colorado Face Biggest Water Sourcing Risks
February 6th, 2014
Via CERES, a release on fracking via CSRWire: As hydraulic fracturing is increasingly used for oil and gas extraction across much of the United States and Western Canada, a new Ceres report issued todayshows that much of this activity is happening in arid, water stressed regions, creating significant long-term water sourcing risks for companies operating […]
Read more »February 3rd, 2014
Via MIT’s Technology Review, an interesting look at the impact that California’s drought is having upon its renewable energy programs: California’s ambitious goal of getting a third of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 is being tested by its driest year on record, part of a multiyear drought that’s seriously straining water supplies. […]
Read more »Balancing Water And Energy Needs
January 24th, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting look at the watergy nexus: Water is critical for producing power and the treatment and transport of water requires energy, mainly in the form of electricity. Even though the interdependency between water and energy is gaining wider recognition worldwide, water and energy planning often remain distinct. The tradeoffs involved in […]
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