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 »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 »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 […]
Read more »Via The Energy Collective, an article about a fascinating new report published by Western Resource Advocates titled ‘Every Drop Counts: Valuing the Water Used to Generate Electricity.’ Analyzing the water use for electrical power generation, in competition with growing agricultural and domestic water demand, this report concludes: At a minimum, utilities across the region should […]
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