In a recent presentation announcing Tesla Energy Elon Musk estimated that the total surface area needed to generate enough power to get the U.S. completely off fossil fuel power generation is less than 1/4 of the Texas panhandle. […]
The world is changing. Microsoft has been doing things in the open source world for some time, but this last week it has gotten wild. Microsoft has just kicked off launch activities for SQL […]
What is BIM Level 2 and how do I know I am compliant ? What if you are a small company with no more experience with BIM than discovering what the acronym stands for ? It […]
At this year’s RICS BIM conference the elephant in the room was April 4th 2016, the deadline for all public construction projects to be BIM Level 2 compliant. This is the culmination of a five […]
According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association new solar PC capacity in the United States set a new record in 2015. 7.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaics (PV) were installed, exceeding natural-gas capacity additions for […]
Keep a close watch on the Hawaiian power utilities (HECO) because Hawaii has committed to 100% renewables by 2045 and 65% by 2030. That was the recommendation of Sharon Allan, CEO of the Smart Grid […]
Today at DistribuTECH2016, three very distinguished, experienced people in the technology business, Zarko Sumic, Distinguised Analyst at Gartner; Chandu Visweswariah, IBM Fellow; and Sharon Allan, CEO of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), each presented their perspective […]
If you would ask me among all the new technologies on display here and at other events which will likely dramatically reduce the bottom line of utilities in the transmission business I would say unmanned […]