Malaysia expects that 70% of its inhabitants will be living in urban environments by 2020. Last year Malaysia released its 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP), which focuses on developing infrastructure to improve productivity and making the […]
According to an article published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a GPS can be used to detect underground nuclear tests, GPS radio waves must pass from transmitters on satellites above the planet down to […]
The important issues driving long term electric power strategy in Malaysia are Growing electric power demand, estimated at 3.5%/yr for the next 10 years Depletion of domestic natural gas supply, which is being replaced by […]
Malaysia generates most its electric power from fossil fuels, natural gas (57%), coal (24%), and petroleum (6.4%). THe rest is from hydro, biomass and other sources. Its total installed capacity was estimated be be over […]
As a speaker said at a recent conference, building a transmission line used to take 90 days, now it takes between 12 and 20 years because of the complicated permitting process, Planning 1-2 years Cost […]
It looks like the Ontario Liberals will win a third term, at least partly because of a very green platform. Over the past two terms the Liberals have introduced a number of green measures that […]
I blogged earlier about the acceleration in the rate of technology adoption. Statistics released recently show rapid changes in market share in smart phones and browsers. Smartphones In the US 84.5 million people own smartphones. […]
Last year about this time I blogged about the Master Municipal Construction Documents Association (MMCDA) which maintains a set of templates for tendering and contract administration for municipal infrastructure projects that is geared toward government, […]