STANFORD REPORT: Untapped potential: Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption Stanford University Planning and management September 30, 2024As power grids rely more on renewable energy sources like wind and solar, balancing energy supply and demand becomes more...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Pumped storage hydro could be key to the clean energy transition. But where will the water come from? Inside Climate News Water project operations November 20, 2023Dozens of proposed projects would pump water uphill to reservoirs that release it to generate electricity when wind and solar...
WHITE PAPER: U.S. Green Building Council-L.A. Releases White Paper on the Nexus between Water, Energy & Carbon Maven Climate changeReports October 26, 2023From the U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles: The U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles (USGBC-LA) today is releasing a...
PNNL: Why we need hydropower for a resilient grid Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Water project operations January 31, 2022When other types of power plants go dark, hydropower provides a fast, crucial response in seconds By Kelsey Adkisson, Pacific...
EOS: Adaptation Can Compound Climate Change Impacts on Energy and Water American Geophysical Union Climate change February 15, 2021Researchers have created a framework to trace the impacts of climate change and adaptation across energy and water systems in...
BERKELEY LAB: Impacts of climate change on our water and energy systems: it’s complicated Berkeley Lab Climate change January 11, 2021A team of researchers from Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Barbara propose a framework for evaluating climate change...
Innovative Technologies to Expand California’s Water Supply Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater supply augmentation October 10, 2018Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs discuss their work on groundwater recharge, brackish desalination, and seawater desalinization As droughts intensify and...
Mary Nichols: Exploring the water-energy nexus Maven Planning and management June 30, 2016The Chair of the Air Resources Board addresses the Southern California Water Committee on the potential ways the water sector...
Water-energy synergies: New report looks at the untapped potential for coordinated water and energy efficiency programs Maven Planning and managementReports September 6, 2013Several studies have demonstrated that saving water also saves energy. With 19% of the state’s electricity use and 32% of...
White paper details the substantial role California's water sector can play in achieving the state's ambitious energy goals Maven Groundwater NewsNotebook News and Features September 24, 2012By shifting its timing and use of electricity, California’s water sector can help avoid the need to build new power...
