South Africa is a net energy importer. It has very limited oil and gas reserves, and has relied on coal and peat for 72% of its primary energy requirements. 67% of its petroleum is imported, […]
The Cape Wind Project, an offshore wind project off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, was proposed in 2001 and only received final approval last year. Getting regulatory approval required about a decade because this is the […]
Over the past 3 years, Autodesk has made a serious effort to do business more sustainably. Two important objectives were to measure carbon footprint consistently and to become a more carbon-efficient company by reducing greenhouse […]
It is estimated that the total available supply of natural gas in the US is about 2,000 trillion cubic feet, equivalent to about 100 years of supply at current rates of consumption. Incredibly in 2009 […]
There’s a fascinating article in Nature Geoscience that links burning coal to the the Permian–Triassic (P–Tr) extinction event, that occurred 251.4 million years ago when up to 96% of all marine species and 70% of […]
Last October I had the opportunity to the visit the Počerady coal fired power plant that has a capacity of about a GW. At peak production the power plant consumes 1000 tonnes of coal and […]
The “Energy 2020” strategy paper presented by the EU Energy Commissioner says that an investment of €1 trillion will be required over the next ten years. Rising energy prices are a problem in the EU […]
The GITA Geospatial Solutions Conference will be held April 10-14, 2011 in Grapevine, Texas. The themes of the conference will be smart grids and sustainable infrastructure. GITA has issued a call for presentations and is […]