The American Wind Energy Association’s annual report shows more than 10 GigaWatts (10,000 MW) of new wind power in the U.S. The total installed wind capacity is now over 35 GigaWatts (35,000 MW). Natural gas […]
A recent survey by GTM Research, the 2010 North American Utility Smart Grid Deployment Survey, has found that 70% of North American utility executives surveyed regard smart grid projects as either “a strong priority or […]
Jackie Ng is taking over from Kenneth Skovhede as the primary maintainer of MapGuide Maestro. Jackie Ng has been known among the open source geospatial community over the past few years as the developer of […]
The OSGEO is requesting Letters of Intent from groups interested in hosting the annual open source geospatial conference FOSS4G 2011. The selection process has been modified from previous hosting competitions. Although the FOSS4G event has […]
The Government of the Province of Ontario announced in 2007 that it plans to close the province’s coal-fired electricity plants by 2014 (one of which, Nanticoke, is the largest coal-fired plant in North America) and […]
The goal of the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan is to reduce GHG emissions by 36% below 1990 levels by 2020. Since October 1st, 2008 public buildings in the UK over 1,000m2 must display a […]
Water, storm water, and waste water utilities and their engineering design and construction partners are under increasing pressure to do more with less, while maintaining or improving service and reliability. With aging assets and capital […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has decided that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to impose Net neutrality regulations on Internet providers. The decision was made in […]