In 2010 renewable energy contributed 10% of the total electricity supply in the U.S. This included 6.4% from hydropower, 2.4% from wind energy, 0.7% from biopower, 0.4% from geothermal energy, and 0.05% from solar energy. […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a final rule governing the integration of intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar PV into the transmission grid. This is seen as a step forward […]
This week I spent a few days at the American Public Power Association (APPA) National Conference in Seattle. The priority issues facing APPA members in 2012 are similar in many respect to those facing the […]
I had just finished a trip in Kincardine, Ontario and was preparing for the upcoming eight-hour long drive back to Ottawa. I am interested in GIS and therefore decided to test out some software capabilities […]
In 2009 I blogged about a New York Times article that said that in the past three years more than 9,400 of the US’s 25,000 sewage systems had violated the Clean Water act by dumping […]
Apple has announced their new Maps application as part of iOS 6. Peter Batty has given a very interesting assessment of what’s there and what isn’t, compared to Google, and what the future looks like […]
Required reading in numerous U.S. history survey courses, it is the consummate tale of human folly: the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major […]
A shale-gas boom is expected in northeastern Ohio as energy companies begin to exploit the Marcellus and Utica shale deposits. But there are concerns about the effect of hydraulic fracturing on aquifers and on seismic […]