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8 Apr 2021 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates

First DEWA Project Using Independent Water Producer (IWP) Model

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) signs water purchase agreement with Utico FZC, boosts water capacity and clean energy goals.

7 Apr 2021 NEW DELHI, India

“Cordial” Meeting of India-Pakistan Permanent Indus Commission

India maintains its position that construction activities on the Chenab River are treaty-compliant. Pakistan requests information share re planned projects.

16 Feb 2021 RABAT

Five New Large Dams For Morocco This Year

Morocco will start building in 2021 five large dams with a total storage capacity of 525 million m3 that will enable the Kingdom to improve its drinking water and irrigation capacities. The construction of these dams, to cost the state around $538 million, is part of the national drinking water supply and irrigation program 2020-2027, said minister of Equipment & Water Abdelkader Amara at Morocco’s Upper House of parliament...

4 Feb 2021 DELHI, India

India Concern Over China's Upstream Brahmaputra Intentions

Any attempt by China to build a mega dam upstream of the Brahmaputra River would be an “encroachment on the entitled rights of lower riparian states like India and Bangladesh,” the government of India has said. A 20 January statement released by the Jal Shakti Ministry (India’s ministry for water) and widely reported in the Indian media following a meeting of the nation’s Central Water Commission added that such a move would “adversely affect the availability of water in the Brahmaputra basin during the lean season”...

4 Feb 2021 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia

Mobilising Water Investments, Strengthening Water Partnerships In Europe

The Government of Slovenia and the European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships opened a four-day conference on water 18 January, with the support of Portugal as the current European Union (EU) Council President.The "Water and Beyond: EU transformative approaches for international partnerships" conference considered transformative approaches to mobilise water investments, strengthen partnerships and improve communication between countries in order to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement...

25 Jan 2021 PARIS

Fish Shut Down French Nuclear Plant

Electricite de France SA had to disconnect all four reactors at its Paluel nuclear plant on France’s north coast Wednesday after a “significant and unforeseeable” number of fish got stuck in the filter drums of the pumping station. Two of the plant’s generating units have been reconnected to the grid, one requires further checks, the fourth will remain offline for a planned refueling that was due to start on Jan...

21 Jan 2021 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Unexpected, Symbiotic Connection Between Water And Cryptocurrencies

The rapid proliferation of cryptocurrencies in recent years (with Bitcoin the most prominent) is raising environmental concerns, and water resources deployed for hydropower are becoming central to the discourse. Bitcoin may exist purely in the digital world, but the process that supports it is extremely energy intensive...

18 Jan 2021 LIMA

Peru Hydro Project Delays

Peru’s energy and mines ministry has accepted force majeure requests from Empresa de Generación Eléctrica Santa Lorenza for its 18.7-MW Santa Lorenza I small hydro project. The plant was due to be online at the end of 2018. According to BNamericas, the developer of the US$41.7 million project submitted the requests in 2019 due to transit restrictions on the Ambo-San Rafael highway after heavy rains and opposition from the Salapampa rural community that prevented excavation of the hydro’s tunnel...

11 Jan 2021 MEAD NE

Ethanol Producer Pollutes Nebraska Water, Soil

AltEn, an ethanol producer in Mead, Nebraska, has been accumulating thousands of pounds of a smelly, lime-green mash of fermented grains, distributing some to farm fields as a “soil conditioner” and accumulating the rest on the grounds of its plant. Researchers say that the waste is dangerously polluting water and soil and probably also posing a health threat to animals and people...

17 Dec 2020 PRETORIA, South Africa

Environmental Approval For Thabametsi Withdrawn; Coal Project Officially Dead

The North Gauteng (South Africa) High Court has set aside the environmental authorisation for the 1500 MW Thabametsi power station, thereby ending the long saga of environmental dispute brought by NGOs Earthlife Africa, GroundWork, and Friends of the Earth against Thabametsi and the state of Limpopo...

8 Dec 2020 BRASILIA, Brazil

Climate Change Stresses Threaten Brazil’s Water Security, Say Military Experts

Brazil is not adequately prepared for the impacts of climate change-related stressors on its security, economy, natural resource base, and critical national infrastructure, says a new report by the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). Its hydro-electricity plants and military facilities are found to be especially ill prepared...

8 Dec 2020 NEW DELHI, India

China Mega Dam Plan Sparks Alarm In Downstream India, Bangladesh

PowerChina has announced plans to construct up to 60 gigawatts (GW) of hydropower capacity on the Yarlung Tsangpo River (known in downstream India as the Brahmaputra River) in The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), prompting concern from downstream riparian countries.The plans for the project, described as being three times the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, are viewed in China as a “historic opportunity” to increase China’s clean energy plan and to support the country’s water supply security...