I have blogged before about how geospatial conferences are broadening their appeal by including more vertical industry content. Dave Sonnen for years predicted that the size of the spatially-enabled or location aware application business would […]
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), power plants and refineries are responsible for 40 per cent of US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and are subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. Unlike […]
Europe, especially the UK and Denmark, has invested heavily in offshore wind power generation. In the US the Cape Wind Project has received regulatory approval from three levels of government after a ten years effort. […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted a draft study plan on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for review to the EPA’s Science Advisory Board, comprised of a group of independent scientists. The scope of the […]
I’ve blogged about an Autodesk Labs project called Galileo. Galileo is a technology preview for 3D city modeling for planners, architects, and designers, who need to view future designs of structures in the context of […]
As I have blogged previously, the Province of Ontario has led North America in some aspects of smart grid deployment, in replacing coal with clean energy, and in implementing a feed-in-tariff program to encourage solar […]
As I blogged previously, expanding the US electric transmission network is believed to be essential to improve reliability, remove conjestion, and to enable access to new sources of renewable energy. Section 216 of the Energy […]
South Africa is a net energy importer. It has very limited oil and gas reserves, and has relied on coal and peat for 72% of its primary energy requirements. 67% of its petroleum is imported, […]