March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of GigaOm, a report on China’s watergy crisis: There’s a looming water crisis coming for China’s water-hungry coal plants, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Roughly sixty percent of China’s power plants (most of them running on coal) are located in Northern China, but only 20 percent of the country’s […]
Read more »2013: Year Of The Watergy Nexus?
March 26th, 2013
Via Greentech Media, a report on the increasing recognition of the watergy challenge: Water and energy production have always been inextricably linked, but the amount of water needed to power our lives is increasing, according to the latest forecast from the International Energy Agency. The role of water in energy, often referred to as the […]
Read more »March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of the Carnegie Endowment, a detailed look at the Central Asian water crisis and the linchpin Tajik energy crisis: In early November 2012, the government of Tajikistan announced that its national budget for 2013 would include 1.2 billion Tajik somoni (over $251 million) for the construction of the controversial Rogun Dam on the Vakhsh […]
Read more »As Fracking Increases, So Do Fears About Water Supply
March 9th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on concerns over fracking’s impact on water supplies in Texas: Hugh Fitzsimons, a bison rancher in Carrizo Springs, at the old windmill that produces two gallons of water a minute to supply his animals. CARRIZO SPRINGS, Tex. — In this South Texas stretch of mesquite trees and cactus, […]
Read more »March 3rd, 2013
Via the Environmental Research Web, an interesting report on the watergy consumption of power plants: US power plants – in particular their cooling systems – are responsible for more than 40% of the nation’s freshwater consumption. However estimates of how much water is used at individual power plants can vary greatly. What is more, most […]
Read more »Water: The Big Issue For Fracking
March 3rd, 2013
Via the Christian Science Monitor, an article on the watergy implications of fracking: On February 13, the Cleveland office of the law firm McDonald Hopkins hosted a panel to discuss the pivotal water issues facing producers of oil/gas from shale via fracking. In addition to three MH attorneys, the panel also included Jeff Dick (Director […]
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