January 30th, 2019
Via Forbes, an interesting look at how one entrepreneur is turning wireless networks into markets: It’s a little bit like, is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” said Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, in an interview last week. “I don’t think so.” – From “Time Warner Views Netflix as […]
Read more »The Rise Of Digital Water
January 4th, 2019
Via The Source magazine, an article on how and why digitalization can revolutionise the 21st century utility: Global water utilities are about to discover – as 19th and 20th century energy utilities already have – the disruptive force of an innovative technology. It wasn’t the threat any had expected. Nor is it one we can […]
Read more »November 8th, 2018
Via The Wall Street Journal, a look at some limitations of Australia’s water market where some small farmers are being priced out by investors as supply dwindles: The world’s driest inhabited continent is struggling to sustain its pioneering effort to put water supply in the hands of market forces, as authorities contend with a drought […]
Read more »China’s Water Trading System
October 19th, 2018
Via China Water Risk, an interesting interview on the results of China’s pilot water rights trading system in 7 provinces thus far: China Water Risk (CWR): In 2014, China launched pilot projects in 7 provinces including Gansu, Guangdong, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi and Ningxia, all of which achieved positive results. Can you expand on some of these […]
Read more »September 19th, 2018
Via World Economic Forum, a report on an interesting renewable energy trading platform that allows Bangkok residents to buy and sell electricity between themselves: Residents in a Bangkok neighbourhood are trying out a renewable energy trading platform that allows them to buy and sell electricity between themselves, signalling the growing popularity of such systems as solar […]
Read more »How Blockchain Can Save Water
July 4th, 2018
Via Long Hash, an interesting article on the potential for blockchain to help save water: In May, temperatures in Hong Kong soared to record highs. Residents grappled with sweltering heat, and low-income families struggled to gain relief, highlighting the desperate conditions of Hong Kong’s poor. But the scorching days forced another issue to the forefront […]
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