The Energy Information Administation (EIA) is projecting that based on current legislation, the proportion of electricity generated from coal-fired plants will continue to decline, reaching 38% in 2020. The decline is primarily due to the […]
I blogged recently about the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act (HR 3202) which proposes a trust fund for water and wastewater infrastructure similar to the Highway Trust Fund. In June there was a Congressional hearing […]
A very interesting article by engineers from Sundt Construction, Tempe, Arizona, about applying some of the techniques used in vertical construction (tall buildings) to horizontal construction (highways, roads bridges). It’s particulary interesting because it is […]
I have blogged previously about the issues facing water/wastewater systems in the U.S. and the challenge of funding replacement of aging infrastructure and upgrading to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act. According to […]
GOOD has published an illuminating infographic showing the relative subsidies including direct spending and tax relief for different sectors of the US energy market. Tax Direct Total $0.3b $2b $2.3b CCS $6.2b $6b $12.2b Renewables […]
According to Physics Today, a recent report by the National Research Council (NRC) warns that the injection of millions of tons of supercritical liquid carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel plants into deep geological formations is likely […]
Monday of this week about 370 million people experienced a power outage, though because outages are common in many parts of India, critical facilities like the Delhi Indira Gandhi airport, hospitals and police stations, and […]
Flawed information flows affect safety One of the major challenges facing the world’s utilities is one of data management, optimizng information flows that involve multiple divisions within a utility. I have blogged about this challenge […]