US Electricity Generation Wastes Huge Amounts Of Water

US Electricity Generation Wastes Huge Amounts Of Water

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2012
Huge demands on increasingly scarce water are a major hidden cost of a "business as usual" approach to American electricity generation that needs to be more fully understood by policymakers and the public, according to a new Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. report prepared for the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute (CSI) and the Environmental Working Group (EWG). http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_Electricity_Generation_Wastes_Huge_Amounts_Of_Water_999.html

Related articles

• Did you know? 100,000 gallons of water required to produce 1 Mwh!
• Energy Policy Needs More Attention to Water Scarcity, Costs
• When talking power production, we can't ignore the water factor
• Energy Generation's Water Demands a Huge 'Hidden Cost'
• Nuclear Power Part I: The Science
• Report: U.S. Energy Policy Is 'All Wet' When It Comes To Hidden Costs
• Report: Unsustainable Water Requirements for U.S. Energy Policy
• Guest view of Mark J. Perry: 'Natural gas and nuclear power need to share the lead in power generation for the future'