Beginning in December 2013, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has begun reporting detailed accounting of generator additions and retirements as well as their effects on total generation capacity by fuel and technology type on a […]
Methane is one of the more potent greenhouse gases for global warming, but it is not clear just how much more potent methane is than CO2. The EPA has estimated a factor of 21 times […]
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has decided to aggressively accelerate the deployment of smart grid technologies in the state. In July, 2013, the grid modernization Working Group submitted a report to the Department […]
Massachusetts has not been among the states that have led the smart grid revolution in the United States. In September 2012 National Grid began a small smart grid pilot involving 5,000 meters in Worcester, Massachusetts. […]
Recent technology trends indicate that there will be a greater reliance on demand response (DR) and enengy efficeincy (EE) as well as other forms of distributed energy resources (DER) such as microgrids, rooftop solar, electric […]
At the end of last year, I came across what I think is an excellent synopsis of what NRCan and the Canadian Federal Government are focused on in terms of geomatics. All of it is […]
Conservation voltage reduction (CVR) or Volt/VAR is an approach to demand response (DR) and energy efficiency (EE) that can provide major benefits without significant alterations to the power distribution system, unlike other DR/EE approaches. CVR […]
At the Latin America Geospatial Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Volney Zanardi Junior, president of the Brazilian Institute of Envrionment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) presented an overview of IBAMA and some of its initiatives […]