energy infrastructure

decarbonizing transporation

There is very real consumer anxiety in addition to range issues, like driving EVs under normal weather conditions as well as the classic chicken-and-egg problem of the need for building vehicle charging infrastructure.[read more]

China's methanol industry

Balancing dependence on Middle East oil against increasing fuel demand continues to challenge China in its ongoing urbanization and industrialization.[read more]

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Let’s admit it, infrastructure is a boring word.   There’s nothing sexy about it.  It implies disruptions to our lives as we deal with delays and detours for construction and repair projects.  Yet it is absolutely necessary, and infrastructure is what needs to be upgraded in our water, gas, and electric grids.My...[read more]

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While society and our economy are utterly dependent on a reliable energy infrastructure, we need to now challenge ourselves to reconsider long-held assumptions on production and consumption and figure out a more sustainable long term solution.[read more]

China is the world’s largest electricity consumer, and growing fast. That’s motivating the country’s embrace of renewable energy production, but the focus apparently isn’t only on the production side: According to a new report from the research firm Zpryme, investments over the next several years could help catapult the country to...[read more]

ASEAN is one of the fastest growing economic regions in the world and has a fast rising energy demand driven by economic and demographic growth. ASEAN has been demonstrating a sharp rebound from the global crisis. In 2010 the region’s real GDP grew above the world average with some countries even recording two-digit economic growth...[read more]

Nordic, located in harsh-wintered Finland, is taking radical steps toward redefining its national electric grid. Already at the forefront of grid transformation (a law that requires all homes to have smart meters by 2013), Finland now wants to connect smart meters and homeowners to social networks, ushering in an unprecedented,...[read more]