Post by Melina Foehrenbach

Last week on the Seine, I was reminded of a critical reality I underestimated: Water is everywhere in energy. Energy is everywhere in water. At the Impact for Breakfast Paris event, standing right next to the expedition boat of Association MAEWAN as it prepares for an Arctic journey, our discussion quickly shifted from ocean resilience to another large bottleneck: The energy transition is, fundamentally, also a water transition. ⚡💧 The uncomfortable part is that our institutions still manage water and energy vertically, while physics is already connected. Thermal plants, data centers, semiconductors, and industrial sites all depend on both energy and water. Yet we still manage them in silos, with different teams, different incentives, and different timelines. We tend to talk about clean power, grids and storage as if water sits outside the system. It doesn't. Water stress is already dictating where energy and digital infrastructure can actually be built and sustained. The real question is not just: do we have enough clean power? It’s: Do we have enough water to support the energy system we are building? #EnergyTransition #WaterNexus #EnergyAndWater #ClimateResilience #ImpactforBreakfast