January 15 the European Parliament passed the European Union Public Procurement Directive (EUPPD) which among other things recommends the use of building information modelling (BIM) for public works contracts to enable more efficient construction and […]
In April 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has decided that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have the authority to impose net neutrality regulations on Internet providers. The decision […]
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially published a rule on 8 January governing greenhouse-gas emissions from new power plants. Advanced natural-gas power plants are expected to be able to meet the new standards. New […]
The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are geographically, culturally and economically diverse, but have one common point on their agenda — the rapid development of the energy industry as a national […]
A very recent article is Scientific American provides more information about Planet Labs’ plans for “continuous whole Earth imagery”. The constellation of 28 Earth-imaging satellites called “Flock 1” which just rode into space Jan 9 […]
I have blogged extensively over the past few years about some of the workforce challenges that utilities especially in the developed economies are facing. These are often related to the aging workforce and in some […]
Monday Google announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash. Back in November 2011, I blogged about several ex-Apple iPod engineers who got together to find […]
In April 2013 Planet Labs launched two demonstration satellites, “Dove 1” and “Dove 2”. November 21 two more satellites Dove 3 and Dove 4 were placed into orbit by a Dnepr rocket. Dove 4 conforms to […]