According to the latest report Renewables 2013 Global Status Report 2013 from the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) total global renewable power capacity reached 1,470 GW (480 GW non-hydro) in 2012, […]
Just about every industry from construction to utilities to roofers to insurance is being impacted, and often transformed, by the availability of high resolution Earth observation (EO) imagery from satellites, planes and helicopters, and UAVs. […]
SolarPV in the U.S. becoming disruptive I blogged previously about SolarPV being potentially disruptive in the U.S. A presentation at this year’s NRECA conference hit on a very sensitive topic among power utilties. Companies like […]
Canada signed the Copenhagen Accord in December 2009 and committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 612 Mt or 17 percent below 2005 levels (737 Mt) by 2020. Canada’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]
In light of President Obama’s recent Executive Order on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, security has become even more critical and most utility folks realize that utiltiies need to get very serious about it. The Cooperative […]
Energy labeling for buildings In the U.K. since 2008 public buildings over 1,000 m2 must display a Display Energy Certificate (DEC). DECs document the actual energy usage of a building and look similar to the […]
The Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory for March Quarter 2013 has been released by Dept of the Environment. Annual emissions for the year to March 2013 are estimated to be 557.0 Mt […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released annual greenhouse gas emissions data for 2012 collected under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP). The program collects annual greenhouse gas information (CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, NF3, […]