Fukushima Daiichi After the Fukushima nuclear plant accident in March, 2011, the National Diet of Japan established in October, 2011, the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) chaired by Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a former president […]
In the new world of rapid infrastructure change driven by smart grid, renewable energy, and increasing demand for low carbon electric power, clean water, and energy efficient transportation networks, utilities are striving to improve the […]
I have blogged on several occasions about the workforce challenges facing the utility sector. The world’s population is growing older and this has important implications for the workforce for utilities and other sectors. Japan is […]
The German feed-in-tariff program has been the motivating force that has led to an installed capacity of 26.5 GW of solar PV power in Germany and has been widely emulated in other countries. The country’s […]
June 2011 to May 2012 was the warmest 12-month consecutive period in the continental U.S. in recorded history. This extreme heat has created conditions conducive to wild fires. In one day NOAA reported thirteen new […]
In the U.S. there are about 540 coal plants which generate a bit less that half of all US power, that’s roughly half of 1000 GW. More than one third of U.S. coal-fired facilities are […]
I blogged previously about entegra, a company based in Germany that provides substation design solutions. Entegra’s substation design application is called primtech which has been optimized for designing large substations. Primtech runs on an AutoCAD […]
The EU has set three goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the catch phrase 20-20-20 by 2020 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% from 1990 levels by 2020 Increase the share of renewable […]