In September, SCE issued a Request for Offer (RFO) for new electric power capacity, including 50 megawatts of energy storage. It is thought that the SCE RFO is the first formal recognition by a state […]
Worldview-3 which will support 31 cm resolution is scheduled for launch in 2014. November 6 the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted in favor of relaxing commercial satellite imagery resolution restrictions. In a very interesting perspective […]
NASA’s MAVEN Mars mission has been successfully launched aboard an Atlas V by United Launch Alliance. The Atlas V first stage uses a Russian-built RD-180 engine burning kerosene and liquid oxygen (the world’s most powerful […]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has just released its annual World Energy Outlook 2013 with projections of energy demand and production through 2035. Energy demand and supply Energy demand is projected to increase by a […]
In recent years, high–resolution spaceborne imagery (HRSI), up to 50cm spatial resolution, has become readily available for no cost using such applications as Google Earth and Bing Maps. Thanks to this new availability of free […]
GoGeomatics Canada and the Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG) have come together to present the AGG GoGeomatics Calgary Social on December 11th at 6p.m. This is the first time GoGeomatics Canada and the AGG have teamed […]
The dramatic reduction in the price of solar panels has made solar PV competitive with the central power grid in some parts of the country. For the first time in 100 years companies like SolarCity […]
President Obama has issued Executive Order 13653 Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change It describes the impacts of climate change as an increase in prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures, more […]