The last time I attended a URISA Annual Conference was in 2007 in Washington DC when Dave McIlhagga and I gave what I think was the first talk at a URISA conference on open source […]
The European Commission’s smart grid initiative has been launched. The European Electricity Grid Initiative (EEGI) proposes a nine year European research, development and demonstration program to be initiated by electricity transmission and distribution network operators […]
The Government of Australia has endorsed its renewable energy laws that set a target of supplying 20% of Australia’s energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. The legislation will come into effect January 2011. Australia’s […]
In May The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its annual report on U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions for 2009. Energy-related CO2 emissions have dropped by 7%, faster than expected. About a third of the drop […]
According to reports jointly issued by the United Nations Environment Program and the Renewable Energy Policy Network and reported in the Globe and Mail, clean energy is becoming the predominant form of new power generation. […]
The INSPIRE Conference 2010 is being held this year in Cracow, Poland, an absolutely stunning location. There have been some riveting presentations as part of the first day’s plenary session that for me put the […]