Dessalement. Microsoft Word - DP Template.docx - Quantifying-the-energy-embedded-in-the-US-water-system-GWF-1301.pdf. Water-security-at-the-energy-crossroads-GWF-1253.pdf (Objet application/pdf) Water resources in Europe in the context of vulnerability. Which economic model for a water-efficient Europe? | The Centre for European Policy Studies. This CEPS Task Force Report focuses on how to improve water efficiency in Europe, notably in public supply, households, agriculture, energy and manufacturing as well as across sectors. It presents a number of recommendations on how to make better use of economic policy instruments to sustainably manage the EU’s water resources. Published in the run-up to the European Commission’s “Blueprint to Safeguard Europe’s Waters”, the report contributes to the policy deliberations in two ways. First, by assessing the viability of economic policy instruments, it addresses a major shortcoming that has so far prevented the 2000 EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) from becoming fully effective in practice: the lack of appropriate, coherent and effective instruments in (some) member states.
Water Supply in a Warming World. Associated PressWomen en route to a water collection point near Ngara, Tanzania. More than anything else, climate change is a water problem. Scientists expect more coastal flooding and possibly more inland flooding. They expect higher temperatures and greater evaporation to deplete water resources, creating risks for the food supply. They believe sea-level rise will eventually render some regions uninhabitable. But a new paper published on Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that the outlook on fresh water may not be entirely bad.
In many places around the world, groundwater is the most important source of local water supplies. Their analysis is based on a 55-year record compiled in Tanzania that allowed them to study the relationship between groundwater recharge and rainfall. Some evidence suggests the same pattern holds true in other places, including the American Southwest.
Www.sei-international.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/Climate/sei-3c-2012-water-electricity.pdf. License issued for 1MW tidal energy project in New York's East River - 100% renewable. Tidal power Yesterday the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a pilot commercial license to Verdant Power’s RITE Project. Up to 30 underwater turbine generators could be turning the East River's tides into clean electricity by 2015.
This is the first pilot commercial license for tidal power in the United States, according to Verdant's website. Under the license, Verdant Power plans to develop a 1 MW pilot project in the East River in New York City. Known as the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) project, the turbines installed in the riverbed will use the East River's powerful natural currents to generate 1,050 kilowatts of electricity. The project has been under development since 2002. The pilot license issued to Verdant Power is for 10 years. FERC launched the pilot license process in 2008. Noting rising interest in the possibility of developing tidal and wave projects in the United States, FERC has issued 100 preliminary permits. The Water-Energy Balancing Act :: POWER Magazine :: Page 2 of 2.