In California, deregulation led to one of history's great policy disasters: energy companies drove up prices by creating artificial shortages.
Post Fukushima disaster, the energy consumption perspective in Japan has changed.
A new study from the National Association of Manufacturers describes the "substantial collateral benefits" realized by a handful of companies in their efforts to harden their supply chains against the threats of terrorism, natural disaster and energy shortages.
After the Fukushima disaster, nuclear energy faces its biggest questions in decades.
BEIJING — After taking a step back in the wake of Japan's nuclear disaster this year, energy-hungry China is moving cautiously ahead with its ambitious nuclear energy program.
During humanitarian disasters, generating energy is an immediate priority for relief agencies.
The secretariat has also identified issues they considered to be priority areas; subjects in need of extra effort and attention: food, disasters, oceans, energy, jobs, cities and water.
The GEOSS portal is a large metadata base service containing resources of agriculture, biodiversity, climate, disasters, ecosystems, energy, health, water as well as weather data.
The disturbance to be considered must not be limited within the power grid as at present, but extreme natural disasters, primary energy events and emergencies of other external links must be reasonably taken into account as well.
In a year of oil disasters and energy policy failures it's a much needed cause for celebration.
