In contrast to the European Community which adopted the 20-20-20 legally binding agreement several years ago, the U.S. does not have a national clean energy standard (CES), though about 36 states have some form of […]
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) for power plants is scheduled to be issued by Dec 16 2011. Estimates of the impact range from 10 GW to 35 or […]
I have blogged previously about automating substation design at Duke Energy, now the largest electric utility in the U.S. Duke estimated that their approach increased the producitivity of their substation designers by 50%, which in […]
The EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) for power plants which is to be issued by Dec 16 2011 has got the attention of the electric power industry because of the impact of potentially […]
Debra Brooks and Jennifer Ryan of Southern California Edison (SCE) gave an outstanding presentation at Autodesk University on SCE’s vision and approach in standardizing and unifying design processes for distribution and transmission. SCE is one […]
I have blogged previously about the challenges that municipalities are facing relating to reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). One of the presentations I have been looking forward to at Autodesk […]
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has projected that by 2050 a 70 % increase in food production will be necessary to feed a world population of nine billion. The FAO’s first ever global […]
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance in 2010 $187 billion was invested in renewable energy from the wind, sun, waves and biomass compared with $157 billion invested in natural gas, oil and coal. Furthermore the IEA says that […]