March 24th, 2011
Via Water Efficiency Journal, a report on how – in response to shareholder requests – three leading electric utilities (Dominion, Southern and PPL) have agreed to significantly expand reporting and disclosure on water availability risks and plans for mitigating those risks. As the article notes: “…The agreements come as prolonged droughts, growing water demand and […]
Read more »Water Intensities of Power Generation: Where The Wind Blows
March 24th, 2011
Via CleanTechies blog, an interesting analysis of the water intensities of power generation and the upside thereof related to wind power: Amongst the many oft-repeated arguments against wind power — that it is intermittent, unreliable, expensive, noisy, dangerous to wildlife, or aesthetically unappealing — one argument you will not hear from wind power detractors is […]
Read more »March 9th, 2011
Courtesy of The Circle of Blue, a detailed look at China’s ambitious water conservation and transfer program, started in 2003, to help hold off the looming confrontation between its scarce water reserves and growing coal-based industrial sector. As the article notes: “…On Sept. 7, 2007, during a morning briefing in Beijing on China’s newest five-year […]
Read more »The Limited Potential Of Alternatives To Loosen China’s Watergy Crisis
February 26th, 2011
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting analysis of the potential for wind/solar energy to loosen the ever-tightening watergy crisis in China: Over 5,000 wind turbines have been installed in northern Gansu Province. Already boasting an online capacity of 5,500 MW, the region’s wind-generating capacity will grow to 12,000 MW by 2015. JIUQUAN, China—Business for […]
Read more »February 19th, 2011
Via The Stockholm Environmental Institute, a new report on the watergy nexus in the western U.S. As the abstract notes: “…Water and energy are deeply intertwined: production of electricity requires water, and water supply requires electricity. Demand for both is growing, while supply is constrained by limited resource availability, high costs, and the impacts of […]
Read more »Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in China: An Escalating Confrontation Over Resources With Global Implications
February 18th, 2011
Courtesy of The Circle of Blue, a detailed look at water scarcity and energy demand in China where there is an escalating confrontation over resources with global implications. As the article notes: When these two tunnels beneath the Yellow River are completed by mid-decade, more than 35 million cubic meters (9 billion gallons) of water […]
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