January 23rd, 2024
Via China Water Risk, a report on the most and least water-efficient clean hydrogen production technologies, we talk to Luo, Director at Bluerisk and co-author of the report ‘Water for Hydrogen Production’: In December 2023 during COP28, The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Bluerisk published a new report “Water for Hydrogen Production”. The report, which is the first of its […]
Read more »San Diego Could Be First to Float Solar on Drinking Water
January 20th, 2024
Via Voice of San Diego, an article on how one southern California water authority is proposing to float solar panels on its reservoir but some in the community feel it’s being rushed: A south San Diego water district is thinking about powering itself with energy from the sun. Leaders at Sweetwater Authority, which serves National City, […]
Read more »January 5th, 2024
Via Navajo-Hopi Observer, a look at how a proposed hydrogen pipeline could diminish Navajo water supply: Jessica Keetso remembers running through puddles with her cousins during the monsoon seasons of her childhood in the Black Mesa (Dził Yijiin) region on the Navajo Nation in Northeastern Arizona. Their muddied legs would ache after a day’s worth […]
Read more »Every Bitcoin Payment ‘Uses a Swimming Pool of Water’
December 18th, 2023
Via BBC, a report on the excessive watergy impact of Bitcoin: Every Bitcoin transaction uses, on average, enough water to fill “a back yard swimming pool”, a new study suggests. That’s around six million times more than is used in a typical credit card swipe, Alex de Vries of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, calculates. The figure […]
Read more »December 17th, 2023
Via Bourse and Bazaar, a look at solar power’s water problem in the Gulf: Since the inauguration of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai in 2013, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has become home to an increasing number of solar power installations. The UAE has so far invested the most in […]
Read more »If Hydrogen Production is Water-Intensive, Is It Still Environmentally Sustainable?
December 15th, 2023
Via KrAsia, a look at the water footprint of hydrogen production: While hydrogen production is currently not deemed a water-intensive industry, there are indications that it can exert significant pressure in regions with scant water resources. In September 2020, China announced its goal of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. The country’s […]
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