Autodesk has announced Autodesk Cloud, a collection of web-based capabilities, products and services. Autodesk began providing cloud-based applications for the design industry more than a decade ago with Autodesk Buzzsaw. Autodesk Cloud enables users to […]
I blogged earlier about this year’s FOSS4G conference in Denver, which attracted the highest attendance ever. I’ve seen statistics that for two thirds of the attendees this was their first time at a FOSS4G event. […]
Many states have mandatory or voluntary renewable energy portfolios standards (RPS). Wind is the most widely deployed source of renewable energy in most of the US. Wind energy is variable and the intermittent nature of […]
There’s an interview with Carl Bass, CEO of Autodesk, on Bloomberg West, that is particularly interesting because Carl discusses how customers are increasingly turning to Internet apps and cloud computing and the impact on traditional […]
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, the solar photovoltaic market in the US continues to expand. In 2010, 887 MW of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) capacity were installed, doubling the capacity installed in 2009. In […]
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) the last record low for Arctic sea ice extent was recorded in September 2007. That year was also the first time the Northwest Passage through […]
I have blogged previously about what Duke Energy, a vertically integrated electic power company that has generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, is doing to implement smart grid technology. Many of the electric power utilities in […]
I’ve blogged previously about the tremendous impact that shale gas (also known as unconventional gas) extraction has had on the energy market in the US and potentially in Europe. For companies and firms engaged in […]