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U.S. Department of Energy to kick off inaugural Hydropower Collegiate Competition
According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Waterpower Technologies Office and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the inaugural...
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May 5, 20221 min read
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Groundwater extraction near coastal cities accelerates sinking
PoliticoPro reported a study in Geophysical Research Letters that used "satellite data to measure subsidence rates in 99 large coastal...
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May 5, 20221 min read
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California declares historic water emergency - IPHROS as mitigation option?
From record December snowfall to now the driest three months beginning a new year in California history, the Metropolitan Water District...
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Apr 29, 20221 min read
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Innovative Pumped Storage Hydro Configurations
The Capabilities, Cost and Innovation working group (WG) reported out at the September 2021 Pumped Storage Hydropower international forum...
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Apr 8, 20221 min read
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IPHROS plans continue in Latin America
In 2020 the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) shared a blog explaining the workings, benefits, and potential...
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Apr 7, 20222 min read
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Megadrought deepens. Time to consider IPHROS.
Seth Bornstein at AP reported, "the American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200...
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Mar 20, 20221 min read
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IPHROS brine and mining key minerals for EV batteries
In addition to clean water and stored energy as IPHROS outputs, the resultant brine is rich in key minerals used for EV battery...
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Mar 18, 20221 min read
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Timeline of proven PH and RO desal component systems
The location and integration of proven component systems are key challenges. Pumped hydro storage is proven and has been used for...
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Jan 4, 20221 min read
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IPHROS presentation by Dr. Klaus Krüger, Voith Hydro
Included here is the link to the public domain IPHROS presentation by Dr. Klaus Krüger, Senior Expert Plant Safety & Energy Storage...
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Jan 4, 20221 min read
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FAQs about IPHROS
Q. What is IPHROS? A. IPHROS is the integration (I) of pumped hydro (PH) storage with reverse osmosis (RO) desalination as a system...
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Nov 3, 20211 min read
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The World First - poem by Marc Graham and Alexander Slocum
The most important calculations are those that will save nations, Like building wind plantations, instead of more gas stations, And...
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Oct 30, 20211 min read
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IPHROCES in Chile - Oceanus P&W and EDF advance project
The Hydro Review reported on the first project of its kind in Latin America. The Integrated Pumped Hydro Reverse Osmosis Clean Energy...
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Oct 30, 20211 min read
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IPHROS - Integrated Pumped Hydro Reverse Osmosis System
The power of AND. Published in 2016 by MIT Professor Alexander Slocum and his team, IPHROS has the potential to deliver clean water AND...
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Oct 28, 20211 min read
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