Water Energy Nexus News
France’s Electro Power Systems (EPS) yesterday announced commissioning of a novel hybrid solar energy-energy storage microgrid on the Italian island of Sardinia has begun. In... Read more →
Off-Grid Solar-Storage Program Just Scratches the Surface of Navajo Nation Sustainable Energy Potential
Rapid growth in small-scale off-grid solar PV-battery-based energy storage installations has spurred unprecedented gains in electricity access in rural areas of developing countries around the... Read more →
Modular Aeroponic Farms Open Door to Clean Energy Urban Agriculture
Generally speaking, agriculture is rich in opportunities for clean, efficient energy self-generation and, more broadly and significantly, improvements at the nexus of energy, water and... Read more →
War of Currents Unsettled as DC Microgrid, EV, DER, and Efficient Loads Favor DC
New DC Microgrid Opportunities Are Opening Up, Causing Many To Rethink The Entire Electric Grid. Universities, companies, and governments have been …
Bipartisan Microgrid Support Helps Push Energy Bill Forward
At 85-12, the senate has passed the first energy bill since 2007 with overwhelming bi-partisan support. It’s a historic $37.5 billion energy …
Surge in Zero Waste to Landfill Fuels Growth in Energy from Waste
Humans – certainly in industrialized consumer-driven economies – produce a lot of garbage and waste a lot of food and other useful materials, many of... Read more →
New Orleans Microgrids to Enhance Disaster Resiliency, Water Resources
City planners and residents in a New Orleans neighborhood are looking to two microgrid projects as a means of enhancing emergency services and improving water... Read more →
Will Desalination Undermine California’s Renewable Energy Targets Or Be A Grid Resource?
Large, inflexible desalination plants could jeopardize California’s renewable energy targets and increase the cost of both water and energy. Better designed desalination plants …
Energy Storage Addresses The Causes and Effects of Climate Change
Should we focus on stopping the root causes of climate change or start adapting to the new reality? Energy storage does both. …
Working With Nature to Reach 100% Renewable Energy with Elemental Water Makers
[wpsm_dropcap]EDITOR’S NOTE [/wpsm_dropcap] Let’s admit it, fossil fuels have made us lazy. What we used to accomplish with biomimicry and …