{"id":63597,"date":"2022-09-26T07:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63597"},"modified":"2022-09-26T07:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:09:52","slug":"the-global-water-crisis-could-crush-the-energy-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63597","title":{"rendered":"The Global Water Crisis Could Crush The Energy Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/The-Global-Water-Crisis-Could-Crush-The-Energy-Industry.html\">The Global Water Crisis Could Crush The Energy Industry<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"key_points\" class=\"wysiwyg clear\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Water is growing more scarce due to climate change.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Water scarcity could derail the green energy boom, and even hinder fossil fuel production.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">With rising concerns over water scarcity, mainly due to climate change, there are fears that the big transition to renewable energy will be hindered even further.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleImageContainer\"><picture class=\"lozad-picture singleArticle__articleImage\" data-iesrc=\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/article\/718x300\/2022-09-23_ebxowcu0lu.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/article\/420x175\/2022-09-23_ebxowcu0lu.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/article\/718x300\/2022-09-23_ebxowcu0lu.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><img \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"wysiwyg clear\">\n<p>For years, the energy sector, and almost every other sector, has taken water for granted, viewing it as an abundant resource. But as we move into a new era of renewable energy, the vast amounts of water required to power green energy operations may not be so easy to find. And it\u2019s not just renewables that are under threat from water scarcity, as it also hinders fossil fuel production and threatens food security.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, we have seen extreme droughts across Europe and the U.S., which are finally making people realise the significance of water security. Stefano Venier, CEO of the Italian energy infrastructure company Snam, highlights the huge impact recent droughts have had on both food security and energy production. Labelled as \u2018Europe\u2019s worst drought in 500 years\u2019, the low water levels have restricted shipping capabilities, as well as drying up soil and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/01\/europes-evaporating-rivers-wreak-havoc-for-food-and-energy-production.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reducing summer crop yields<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Venier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/09\/07\/hydropower-nuclear-coal-water-is-a-critical-part-of-the-energy-mix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explains<\/a>, \u201cFor a long time, water was considered [as being] for free, as something that is fully available in any quantity.\u201d He went on to say, \u201cNow, we are discovering that with climate change \u2026 water can become scarce.\u201d And so, \u201cwe have to regain the perception of importance, and the value [that] \u2026 the water has, also, with respect to \u2026 energy production\u2026 we have discovered that without water, enough water, we cannot produce the energy we need, or we can\u2019t ship the fuels for filling the power plants,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Water Crisis Could Crush The Energy Industry Water is growing more scarce due to climate change. Water scarcity could derail the green energy boom, and even hinder fossil fuel production. With rising concerns over water scarcity, mainly due to climate change, there are fears that the big transition to renewable energy will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[19987,328,1406,6613,5332,866,867],"class_list":["post-63597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-energy-2","category-environment","tag-felicity-bradstock","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-green-energy","tag-industry","tag-oilprice-com","tag-water","tag-water-crisis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63598,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63597\/revisions\/63598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}