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Long-form pieces on water, wastewater, energy and the contracts that deliver them. Written to be cited.

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28 Jul 2026 Biogas to power, heat and turquoise hydrogen The anaerobic reactor makes the fuel. What happens next — CHP engines, hot water, and methane pyrolysis to hydrogen with solid carbon — decides what the fuel is worth. Energy · Biogas · Hydrogen · Wastewater

18 May 2026 RO or thermal? Desalination selection in Gulf conditions Gulf seawater is hot, saline and biologically active. The textbook case for membranes weakens here — but it does not collapse. A selection method, with numbers. Desalination · Water treatment · Energy

Power and desalination plant on the Gulf coast

14 Apr 2026 Energy at the works — part 2 of 2 Biogas from municipal sludge: size the digester before the business case Sludge-to-energy proposals fail at the same three numbers: volatile solids, destruction rate, and what the gas displaces. Get those right and the rest is procurement. Energy · Biogas · Sludge · Wastewater

Aerial view of a wastewater treatment works

20 Mar 2026 Thermal desalination: what MSF and MED still do best Membranes won the new-build market; the thermal fleet still makes a large share of the Gulf's water. Where distillation remains the right answer, and how to review one honestly. Desalination · Energy · Water treatment

9 Mar 2026 Energy at the works — part 1 of 2 Heat below 120 °C: the economics of low-temperature recovery Treatment works reject heat all day — from blowers, engines and the effluent itself. Most of it is too cool to be obviously useful. What the second law allows, and what actually pays. Energy · Waste heat · Wastewater

Industrial pipework on a factory building

12 Jan 2026 Nuclear power for infrastructure planners: fission now, fusion on the horizon Gigawatt fission is a mature water-and-concrete business; SMRs change the delivery model; fusion changes the physics. A water engineer's view of all three. Nuclear · Energy · Power

1 Dec 2025 Waste to energy: incineration grown up A modern energy-from-waste plant is a power station with a difficult fuel and a public reputation to manage. What the technology actually delivers, and where the projects go wrong. Energy · Waste · Infrastructure