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\n\t \n\tSevere drought in southern China.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t2. Coal is one of the most water-intensive methods of generating electricity.<\/strong> Every 3.5 minutes a typical coal-fired power plant withdraws enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Electricity is generated by burning coal to convert water into high-pressure steam to drive turbines; water is then used to cool the steam so it can go back to the boiler again. Water is also needed to wash and process coal before it is burned, to wash coal ash out, to reduce dust from the coal stockpile and to put out fires.\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t3. There are plans to construct at least 1200 new coal-fired power plants and mega coal mines around the world.<\/strong> Much of the proposed expansion is in water-stressed regions, which already suffer from limited supplies of fresh water for sanitation, health and livelihoods.\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tHand-planted pine trees around the Shenhua coal-to-liquid facility have died due to lack of water. For 10 years, this Chinese state-run organisation, the world's biggest coal producer, has been exploiting water resources at a shocking rate. Shenhua's operations sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological damage, including desertification, impacting farmers and herders who are facing reduced water supplies in what was once a fertile farming area. Earlier this year Shenhua agreed to develop an action plan to stop extracting groundwater.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t4. South Africa's energy utility Eskom uses 10,000 litres of water per second, yet local residents are forced to buy bottled water, because no clean drinking water is available to them<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n\tWater pond at an informal settlement in South Africa, with Duvha coal-fired power station in the background. Community members wait around a communal tap to collect water for household use. Many people are forced to buy bottled drinking water because of concerns about the quality of tap water.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t5. 16 mega coal power bases proposed in China will consume 10 billion cubic metres of water<\/a> every year, equal to one-sixth of the annual flow of the iconic Yellow River.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n\tCoal-to-chemical conversion plant at the source of the Yellow River, China.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tKalavati Bandukar's husband, a poor farmer, committed suicide in 2005 after being unable to pay his debts. Kalavati is a strong supporter and ambassador of decentralised renewable energy systems. © Peter Caton\/Greenpeace<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t7. Wind-generated electricity uses no water. Go renewables!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n\tGreenpeace and tcktcktck volunteers raise a wind turbine on the beach at dawn in Durban, South Africa.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \t \n\tEnergy-water conflicts are avoidable. In sharp contrast to coal, solar and wind power consume little or no water. And as well as being the most water-efficient ways of generating electricity they emit no greenhouse gases. Now is the time to stand up to the coal and power industries to stop their grab for dwindling water resources and to convince them to shift to clean, renewable energy.\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tHelena Meresman is Digital Mobilisation Advisor for the Climate and Energy campaign.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\tTo learn more: <\/strong>Iris Cheng, a Climate and Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace International, presented case studies from China, India and South Africa at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm on 3 September 2014.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t \n<\/p>\n \n\t\t5 reasons why you can become an Add-Energy Renewable Romania PARTNER<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tTo register your Company as ADD ENERGY PARTNER , please access \n\t\tFor other informations click to \n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yet, global water consumption by the power sector is growing; it's expected to more than double by 2035, with coal projects accounting for 50% of increased water use. 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