April 26th, 2011
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, a Congressional research agency, recently released a report on energy use in the urban water sector. Not prone to idle talk, the GAO strikes at the heart of the matter in the report’s sub-title: the “Amount of Energy Needed to Supply, Use, and Treat Water Is Location-Specific and Can Be […]
Read more »Wind Power: A Cooling Breeze On The Watergy Nexus?
April 20th, 2011
Via CleanTechies, an interesting report on how wind power affects the watergy nexus: “Besides being good for the environment for reducing emissions and being a renewable source of power, wind energy also uses less water than other types of power generation, stated the American Wind Energy Association recently. This is an important aspect of energy […]
Read more »April 14th, 2011
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at disputed “watergy” project seen as a must for China’s modernization, namely a first-of-its-kind transcontinental pipeline believed to be a potential breakthrough in developing more fossil energy from Xinjiang and China’s other northern coal-rich provinces, while conserving the region’s scarce freshwater reserves. Of all the threats […]
Read more »Water and Energy Coming Together in San Antonio
April 14th, 2011
Via The River Network, an interesting report on San Antonio’s efforts to bring water and energy together: “…April 8th was the marking of another big day for the water-energy nexus in TX as the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) and CPS Energy utilities came together for a meeting with San Antonio mayor Julian Castro to […]
Read more »March 31st, 2011
Via The River Network, an interesting look at watergy challenges currently impacting Norway: The interconnections between water, energy and climate change cannot be made more perfectly clear than by the current conditions of Norway. With the nation relying almost entirely on hydroelectricity, coupled with massively depleted hydro reservoirs, the temporary shut down of seven neighboring […]
Read more »Energy’s Huge Slice Of Our Water Footprint Pie
March 25th, 2011
Via National Geographic, a look at energy’s huge slice of our water footprint pie: We don’t think much about water when we flick on a light, power up our computer, or open the fridge for a drink. But there’s some H20 hiding behind every activity that uses energy – which, of course, includes almost everything […]
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