Discussion Energy-Water Nexus 2015
 Noël Bakhtian Mar 31, 2015 05:18  |
Blog in honor of World Water Day, highlighting the cascading savings of energy and water: http://aaaspolicyfellowships.org/sci-fly/world-water-day-powerful-water-thirsty-energy
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 Jiminy Stack Apr 16, 2015 07:28  |
Fossil Fuels and Nuclear use a lot of water. If we used less energy and also developed Renewable Energy like Solar, Wind and Geo-thermal we would not need so much water. =D------------------
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 Carl Fischer Apr 28, 2015 10:58 |
Spot on! The conundrum is: we have the technology to create clean drinking water AND energy.
Yet the pace clearly is too slow. One important reason: lack of funding/investments.
The investments globally necessary are in the trillions of dollars. Even in highly developed countries like the US the EPA estimates $600B are necessary just to repair its water infrastructure.
Public coffers are empty and without attracting private capital there is little hope.
This is what I try to address in my proposal:
A sustainable structure to address energy-water nexus for urban communities
In order to attract that kind of capital structures are needed that will allow the public to participate in it. Most importantly, the solution has to be financially self-sustaining. If we can establish and implement a blue print a viable solution is possible.
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 Michaël Houle Apr 30, 2015 01:12  |
New contest submission deadline! Submit your project proposal by June 13, 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
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Noël Bakhtian Jun 10, 2015 05:31 |
Nexusers,
There are 3 days to go! Proposals are due before midnight on Saturday!
Quick update - we have a fantastic line-up for judges for this contest, including Commission David Hochschild of the California Energy Commission, Diego Rodriguez from the World Bank, Barry Liner from the Water Environment Federation, and Paul Faeth, former President of the Global Water Challenge. Check out their bios on our main contest page.
Good luck, all!
~Noel
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Noël Bakhtian Oct 7, 2015 11:38 | Congrats to SunSaluter, one of our contest's Judges' Choice picks for winning the overall MIT Climate CoLab grand prize!! "The non-profit SunSaluter took home the Climate CoLab's $10,000 Grand Prize 0,000 Grand Prize for its technology that uses gravity and water to rotate a solar panel, generating 30% more electricity and four liters of clean drinking water each day." https://www.climatecolab.org/community/-/blogs/grand-prize-winner-2015?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Click%20here%20for%20contest%20details&utm_campaign=grandprizeconference thanks to everyone who participated in this contest - keep on innovating!!! |
Noël Bakhtian Jun 17, 2016 04:00 | RESPOND BY JUNE 27, 2016 here: cache.codeforamerica.org/events/national-day-2016/challenge-water-energy-food-nexus
Calling all people interested in the interface between water, energy, and/or food: the U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) need your help! The interdependencies between water, energy, and food (also known as the Water-Energy-Food Nexus) present unique challenges, including: * figuring out how to use recovered resources from wastewater treatment plants as agricultural fertilizer, * lessening the water impact of biofuels, * designing hydropower plants to produce energy while accounting for fisheries, * determining the embedded energy and water in food, and * many more! The DOE and USDA are looking for your ideas, experiences, and expertise. Whether it’s barriers that affect your daily life, challenges you've overcome, or solutions you wish could be implemented on a larger scale, we want to hear from you about the interconnections between energy-water, food-water, energy-food, or all three! Through June 27th, you can submit your ideas here as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. Just 5-minutes of your time today can help us address current and future Water-Energy-Food challenges. Please feel free to share this link broadly with your networks associated with food, energy, or water issues.
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Noël Bakhtian Jun 17, 2016 04:01 | RESPOND BY JUNE 27, 2016 here: cache.codeforamerica.org/events/national-day-2016/challenge-water-energy-food-nexus
Calling all people interested in the interface between water, energy, and/or food: the U.S. Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) need your help! The interdependencies between water, energy, and food (also known as the Water-Energy-Food Nexus) present unique challenges, including: * figuring out how to use recovered resources from wastewater treatment plants as agricultural fertilizer, * lessening the water impact of biofuels, * designing hydropower plants to produce energy while accounting for fisheries, * determining the embedded energy and water in food, and * many more! The DOE and USDA are looking for your ideas, experiences, and expertise. Whether it’s barriers that affect your daily life, challenges you've overcome, or solutions you wish could be implemented on a larger scale, we want to hear from you about the interconnections between energy-water, food-water, energy-food, or all three! Through June 27th, you can submit your ideas here as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. Just 5-minutes of your time today can help us address current and future Water-Energy-Food challenges. Please feel free to share this link broadly with your networks associated with food, energy, or water issues.
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