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Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought
Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable due to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice. PHOTOGRAPH: FEDERICO RIOS ESCOBAR/REDUX PICTURES Ecuador is in trouble: Drought has shrunk its reservoirs, and its hydroelectric dams […]
Visualizing The World’s Largest Hydroelectric Dams
Visualizing The World’s Largest Hydroelectric Dams Did you know that hydroelectricity is the world’s biggest source of renewable energy? According to recent figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), it represents 40% of total capacity, ahead of solar (28%) and wind (27%). This type of energy is generated by hydroelectric power stations, which are essentially […]
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water”
Arizona’s Top Water Official: “We’re Going To Have To Live With Less Water” Following the U.S. Department of the Interior’s call to limit water deliveries from Lake Powell, Arizona’s top water official warned of an impending water crisis that could affect the drinking water for millions of people. “This is really getting to (be) a health and […]
Feds Weigh Emergency Actions As Lake Powell Hits Historic Low
Feds Weigh Emergency Actions As Lake Powell Hits Historic Low The megadrought in the US West continues to wreak havoc as Federal officials weigh reducing water deliveries downstream on the Colorado River to prevent shuttering of a massive dam that provides power to millions of people, according to AP News. Last month, Lake Powell dropped to […]
“Perfect Storm” – Global Energy Crisis Spreads To Brazil And India
“Perfect Storm” – Global Energy Crisis Spreads To Brazil And India The global energy crisis plagues Europe and China and risks spreading to emerging market economies. According to Bloomberg, severe droughts in Brazil have led to a collapse in hydroelectric generation and could force the South American country to ration power if power imports from Uruguay […]
Renewables Not So Reliable As US Hydropower Plunges 14%
Renewables Not So Reliable As US Hydropower Plunges 14% The transition away from hydrocarbons is not a seamless as many hope. The latest data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows a significant decline this year in hydropower generation amid historic droughts. The magical thinking about renewable energy and President Biden’s calls for the U.S. power grid […]
Lake Oroville Hydro Power Plant Shut Down For First Time Due To Megadrought
Lake Oroville Hydro Power Plant Shut Down For First Time Due To Megadrought One of California’s most important hydroelectric plants has ceased operations due to falling water levels, according to the Department of Water Resources (DWR). On Wednesday, Lake Oroville fell to a record low of 642-feet above mean sea level. By Thursday, the lake stood at […]
Megadrought Could Force California’s Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power Plant To Shut Down
Megadrought Could Force California’s Lake Oroville Hydroelectric Power Plant To Shut Down One of California’s most critical hydroelectric plants is at risk of closing for the first time in five decades as water levels continue to sink. A megadrought and scorching heat, both worsened by La Nina weather effects, have depleted some of the water […]
‘A Monstrous Monument to Greed and Stupidity’: Critics React to Site C Decision
‘A Monstrous Monument to Greed and Stupidity’: Critics React to Site C Decision BC Liberals accuse NDP of mismanagement; Greens warn public to brace for higher costs. Premier John Horgan confirmed today that construction of the Site C dam will once again go ahead. ‘I know there are a lot of British Columbians who have […]
Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work
Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work The reasons why the Green New Deal won’t really work are fairly subtle. A person really has to look into the details to see what goes wrong. In this post, I try to explain at least a few of the issues involved. [1] None of the new […]
Hydropower can’t help with the energy crisis
Hydropower can’t help with the energy crisis Preface. When fossil fuels are gone, there aren’t many ways to balance the unreliable, intermittent, and often absent for weeks at a time power from wind and solar. Biofuels and burning biomass is one solution, it’s dispatchable and can kick in at any time to make up for […]
Energy Externalities Day 6: Hydroelectric Power
Energy Externalities Day 6: Hydroelectric Power Hydroelectric power produces no pollution once the dam is built and the valley flooded. It is dispatchable and widely regarded to be the “Rolls Royce” of renewable energy. Based on trapping rainfall produced by solar energy trapped in high valleys that were created by plate tectonics that is driven […]
How to Make Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
How to Make Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly Humanity got its first large-scale electricity thanks to hydropower. On Aug. 26, 1895, water flowing over Niagara Falls was diverted to spin two generators, producing electricity to manufacture aluminum and carborundum. Since then, millions of dams have been built worldwide, transforming the energy of moving water into the energy of […]
More Droughts May Mean Less Power
More Droughts May Mean Less Power The powerful flow of rivers such as the Columbia in Oregon, US, could be greatly reduced. (National Weather Service Forecast Office via Wikimedia Commons) LONDON—Climate change could threaten the electricity supply around the world, according to new calculations. That is because the power generation depends on a sure supply of water. […]
