Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 20:15:58 +0000
The Leonardo da Vinci quote in the title captures feelings of hope from people in states, territories, and tribes whose water has been under threat. A new EPA proposed rule will use Congressionally granted authority to protect precious water resources.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:09:07 +0000
Drought in California could nearly halve the state’s hydroelectric generation this summer, pushing up wholesale power prices in the West, and forcing the state to rely on natural gas generation and out-of-state imports, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects in a new analysis. The EIA suggests in a supplement to its May 2022–released Short-Term Energy Outlook […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:08:00 +0000
Condensation-induced water hammer (CIWH) is the term commonly used when describing a variety of transients that occur when water vapor is rapidly condensed by cold water. This article describes the various
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Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 21:15:18 +0000
Bevi is a company that is focused on reducing the number of plastic bottles consumers use when drinking water. It has two products aimed at helping with this. CEO Sean Grundy took the time to answer a few questions about Bevi, its mission, and its products for CleanTechnica. Q&A With Sean Grundy CleanTechnica: What inspired […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 12:03:51 +0000
To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium. Lithium resources are concentrated in locations that have […]
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 23:00:13 +0000
In a big win for Alaskan and Gulf of Mexico communities, the Department of Interior is cancelling three oil and gas lease sales off the coasts of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico. The leases would have opened up more than a million acres for development in vibrant oceans ecosystems that are vital to threatened and […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 01:43:43 +0000
As schools across India close early for the summer — unable to operate amid the extreme heat and resulting power shut offs — a massive glacial lake outburst in Pakistan wiped out a bridge, two power plants, and flooded a village as the record-breaking, months-long heatwave grinds on. Record-high temperatures accelerated ice and snow melt, feeding a […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 18:51:41 +0000
We’ve been taught that a tidy lawn is a sign of a stable and prosperous homeowner. What happens when the copious amounts of water needed to maintain that lush expanse dry up? Out goes the lawn.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 13:01:46 +0000
How Do We Build a Successful Marine Energy Industry? Build a TEAMER Article courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy “It was getting hotter.” That is how the science fiction book The Ministry for the Future starts. The main character, Frank May, looks out his apartment window at […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 20:54:08 +0000
From River-Powered Villages to Hydropower Regulations, NREL Projects Earn Spotlight in Water Power Technologies, WPTO, Office 2020–2021 Accomplishments Report This year, several of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) recent water power successes earned spots in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office’s (WPTO) 2020–2021 Accomplishments Report. “This report highlights numerous achievements and results […]