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Water Shortages May Leave Energy Producers Dying of Thirst

Forbes -- With summer approaching, utility planners are devising ways in which they would meet the demand for energy during the most pressing times. Short term, they will consider whether they will have to dip into their reserves and longer term, they will calculate whether they have enough generation and transmission.

But one thing that those companies are struggling with that is not making headlines is whether they will have enough water. Energy production is water-intensive and the vast supplies that are needed to run every type of power plant — natural gas, coal, nuclear and renewables — is not well understood.

“Water is the new oil,” says Jim Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, in a talk with this writer.

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Submitted May 04, 2012 By: eromitlab

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jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,758 Points:591,745 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 5, 2012 6:16:50 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Water or oil..... I pick clean water.
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,112 Points:1,385,840 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 3:56:07 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Water? What a fracking concept ..... :0\|
batloverNM Champion Author Albuquerque Posts:3,938 Points:1,393,365 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 10:11:14 AM Ignore batloverNM Report Abuse Solar PV and wind don't use water. Coal plants use twice the water as natural gas plants so retire the old dirty coal generating plants and build new modern very efficient combined cycle natural gas plants. Go with EVs and electricity!
orphancarguyPE Champion Author PEI Posts:3,848 Points:734,990 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 7:45:29 AM Ignore orphancarguyPE Report Abuse Another of the inconvenient truths about fracked oil and gas. Where there are many (not all by any means, but many) of the resources, there is an extreme dearth of water. So, not as much available, or as fast, as the promoters would have us believe. Water isn't always "absolutely necessary" for all the stages of exploiting this resource but using water brings down the price into a "reasonably reasonable" (ie just expensive) range instead of a stratospheric price.
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,758 Points:591,745 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 5:25:21 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Something to think about.
OTISFL Champion Author Pensacola Posts:4,610 Points:865,815 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 5:24:46 AM Ignore OTISFL Report Abuse Now, up go the water bills!
pscamp Champion Author Ottawa Posts:3,277 Points:475,135 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 5:13:45 AM Ignore pscamp Report Abuse let them drink gas!
farmboyTN Champion Author Tennessee Posts:2,262 Points:449,310 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 5:11:50 AM Ignore farmboyTN Report Abuse ok
wrunner Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,445 Points:1,136,585 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 5:05:24 AM Ignore wrunner Report Abuse Potable water is a very, very valuable resource - more than oil or gas.
kenji554 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:1,217 Points:513,045 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 5:03:57 AM Ignore kenji554 Report Abuse Will water prices be on the increase now?
bills299 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,366 Points:904,490 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 4:00:44 AM Ignore bills299 Report Abuse ok
wally52 Champion Author Little Rock Posts:27,470 Points:815,485 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 3:41:34 AM Ignore wally52 Report Abuse That's because we waste to much of it.