Non-vendor general geospatial conferences are having a challenging time these days. There are alternative explanations for why this is happening. Some say it is the result of geospatial no longer being special, that it is […]
Autodesk has announced the release of LandXplorer Studio Professional 2011 and LandXplorer Server 2011. The focus of the release is the integration of data from geospatial, engineering including BIM, and 3D visualization applications such as […]
I blogged previously about a smart grid project being developed by a consortium of Korean firms including LG, SK Telecom and KT on Jeju Island south of Seoul. Since then it has been announced that […]
The European Commission’s smart grid initiative has been launched. The European Electricity Grid Initiative (EEGI) proposes a nine year European research, development and demonstration program to be initiated by electricity transmission and distribution network operators […]
One of the areas that researchers involved in the INSPIRE initiative are putting a lot of effort these days is quantifying the business benefits of an open spatial data infrastructure. At the recent INSPIRE conference […]
The Government of Australia has awarded A$100 million for a smart-grid, smart-city project to a consortium of CSIRO, IBM Australia, AGL, GE Energy, TransGrid, Newcastle City Council and the NSW Government with the objective to […]
The Government of Australia has endorsed its renewable energy laws that set a target of supplying 20% of Australia’s energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. The legislation will come into effect January 2011. Australia’s […]
China is drafting a five-year energy plan for 2011 through 2015 which will include smart grid technology as a key industry focus. An analyst at Essence Securities Ltd has estimated that China may spend up […]