The Top 10 Energy Stories of 2012
Updated: 2012-12-31 19:02:49
Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Fueling Innovation Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Dec 31, 2012 with no responses The Top 10 Energy Stories of 2012 : Tags Top 10 Tweet Happy New Year’s to readers everywhere  Last week we posted a poll listing 15 of the major energy stories of 2012. Readers voted , and the Top 10 are presented below with a short narrative describing the . story 1. Revolution in US oil and gas production continues The fracking revolution in the US continued , with oil production at its highest level since 1998 and dry natural gas production at an all-time high . President Obama became the first president since LBJ to serve in office during four consecutive years of
About Contact Us Downloads Videos How Important Is Substation Automation To The Smart Grid 31. December 2012 Write a comment Categories : News Tags : acceptance grid grid modernization Navigant Energy Practice Pike Research Hello there If you are new here , you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this . topic The convergence of key technology developments , stronger business cases and growing regulatory acceptance is accelerating grid modernization . Substations and the increasingly automated and intelligent gear embedded within them are poised to play a critical role in this . transformation According to a recent report from Pike Research , a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice , more than 10,000 substations worldwide will have been automated including both new
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) maintains reliability and accessibility to one of the largest and most modern power grids in the world. Everyday it reports on the production of renewable energy in the Golden State as it strives to meets its target of 33 percent of electricity from renewable sources by the end of 2020. On Christmas
At the close of each year, we like to take a look back to see which stories made an impact on our readers. This year's most read articles show the many twists and turns that the industry took this year and reveal interesting trends for us as editors and for other industry insiders. Have a look at our most popular articles below. And if there was a story that particularly struck you, please let us know what it was in the comment section below. Happy New Year!
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On December 4th, Global Research held a symposium around attracting, developing and retaining Women in Science and Engineering (WISE). WISE attendees included engineering leaders from across GE as well as a number of external partners, customers and university guests. Our researcher and WISE blogger, Andrea Schmitz shares highlights from the event and a photo slideshow.
Welcome to Solar Fred's annual solar marketing wish list, 2013 edition. If you missed my previous years' wishes and still want to make them come true, bless your solar marketing heart. See 2010 here, 2011 here, and 2012 here. This year’s theme, “Stand out and educate,” is familiar to anyone who’s received an email from me, since it’s a quote in my
Blog Read our latest posts on renewables and energy efficiency Authors Learn more about our passionate blog authors Xcel Energy Visit the Xcel Energy website Search : for Energy Efficiency Wednesday December 19, 2012 by Billy Draper tags BILLY DRAPER energy efficiency holiday lighting LED Lighting comments 0 Twas the Day After Christmas Are you familiar with Shijiao,China You know , Shijiao near Guangzhou I didn’t think so and neither was I until I put on my research hat . Well , Shijiao is the Christmas light recycling capital of the world . In fact , every year over 20 million pounds of discarded holiday lights make their way to Shijiao to be recycled . And this year , the Draper household has sent 200 mini-lights on their merry way to . Shijiao You see , after finding out we were out
My colleague Siva Kumar, a lead engineer in our Materials Characterization organization based in Bangalore, recently attended a workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) based nanometrology. In this post, Siva shares takeaways, thoughts and eye-catching artifacts!
Princeton Power’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Darren Hammell, was recently nominated and elected to the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) Board of Directors. NJTC is a private, not-for-profit organization whose members work together to promote technology companies in NJ. They provide networking opportunities, information, business support, and financing resources to these companies in an effort to continually advance New Jersey’s status as a leader in technology. Congratulations to Darren for representing Princeton Power and high-tech entrepreneurs in the greater New Jersey business community!
What have you always wondered about electricity? This was the question GE asked to nearly one million Facebook fans this past week. Check out this post from our Stump the Scientist, Jim Bray to see the question he selected and to hear his response! 
This year, the American Vacuum Society held it's 59th Symposium in Tampa, Florida from October 28 to November 2. Materials Scientist, Vin Smentkowski shares highlights and takeaways from the event. 
Today kicks off the WISE Symposium, an event aimed at discussing best practices for attracting, developing and retaining women in science and engineering roles. Kristen Brosnan, a Materials Scientist at Global Research introduces our new series on the blog, Wise Words, led by GE women technologists to share, converse, and connect with other women in technology. Check out the post and subscribe to follow and join the conversation!