Power Without Water

June 26, 2023

Wind power is the only form of electricity generation that doesn’t consume water. For every kWh of electricity generated in the U.S., 2 gallons of water are consumed due to evaporation. To supply the nation’s total electricity demand, thermoelectric power plants use more than 200 billion gallons of water for cooling every day. Approximately 5 billion gallons are lost through evaporation. This means that the average U.S. resident indirectly consumes more than 9,400 gallons of water per year to run the power plants that generate electricity for their home.