The impact of shale gas on the US economy is hard to underestimate. The most important impact is that shale gas has pushed natural gas prices down and kept them there. Incredibly in 2009 there […]
In 2005 the European Commission set up the SmartGrids European Technology Platform for Electricity Networks of the Future with the aim of creating a vision for the development of Europe’s electricity networks for 2020 and […]
In an earlier blog I outlined the motivation for, the important elements of, expected benefits of, and the strategy for developing the UK smart grid. Regulation The Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) […]
All of the world’s major economies have committed to transitioning their electric power grids to smart grids. I have blogged about smart grid programs in the US, Canada, Korea, Japan, China, India, Australia, and the […]
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that non-OECD countries, primarily India and China, contributed most of the growth that pushed global emissions of energy-related CO2 to a new high of 30.6 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2010, […]
TEPCO has estimated the total release of radioactive material into seawater in the six days following April 1. 4,700 Tbq For comparison the estimated total release of radioactive material at Three Mile Island is about […]
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant remains in a dangerously unstable state. TEPCO’s roadmap estimates that that it will take several months to stabilize the plant. The Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said “The plant has […]
MEXT reports radiation dosage readings every three hours in the region 20 km and greater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The latest maximum readings reported Apr 20 occur ar reading posts [32] and [83]. [32] Futaba county Namie […]