April 3rd, 2018
Courtesy of McKinsey, a report on how blockchain technology can streamline transactions along the utility value chain via six emerging applications: Bitcoin has attracted wide interest in recent months, but it’s blockchain—the technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—that has the potential to remake important aspects of the utility industry. Leading utilities have begun to ask […]
Read more »Can Cap & Trade Incentivize Community Water Accountability?
March 10th, 2018
Via Stanford’s Engineering Department, an article on some research that – taking a page from energy and climate playbooks – explores a cap-and-trade system and whether it could incentivize community accountability: California has struggled with drought for most of the last decade. From 2011-2015, the state experienced the driest four-year stretch in recorded history, leading to […]
Read more »February 24th, 2018
Via Water Deeply, an interesting look at the potential for use of a cap-and-trade system for water conservation: CAP-AND-TRADE SYSTEMS ARE most notably used for controlling pollution, particularly related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. The idea has never yet been implemented when it comes to water conservation. But that could change. Cap-and-trade refers to a […]
Read more »A Market Solution to Texas’ Groundwater Woes?
January 18th, 2018
Via Marfa Public Radio, a report on use of markets to manage groundwater uses in Texas: Fracking has dramatically increased the demand for water in the nation’s most productive oil field, Texas’ Permian Basin. Water usage has already risen sixfold since 2011, and according to research firm IHS Markit, demand will double again by the end of […]
Read more »January 13th, 2018
Via Water Policy Online, an interesting report on a surprising tendency for people in Jordan to place a low monetary value on a reliable supply of water: Willingness to pay for a reliable supply of water among urban households in Jordan—one of the most water-scarce places on the planet- seems surprisingly low. What are the […]
Read more »Blockchain Automation In Peer-To-Peer Energy Trading and Dispatch
January 10th, 2018
Via Greenbiz, an interesting look at how blockchain automation in peer-to-peer energy trading and dispatch will transform the sector: Ron Pernick: Blockchain seems to be everywhere these days. Not only is it the basis for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, it’s now being touted as the next big thing in peer-to-peer transactions for shopping, government services and […]
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