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6 electricity tower designs vie for spot in UK’s future grid
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Design software targets utilities facing ‘unprecedented challenges’
Autodesk has released two new additions to its portfolio of software for building information modeling (BIM) for sustainable infrastructure: Autodesk Infrastructure Modeler 2012 and
Electricity transmission towers due for a makeover
With all the looming energy challenges on our plates — peak oil, unstable petro-nations, rising population and consumption levels in oil-producing countries, climate change
Cool pix: Electricity towers around the world
As the UK launches a competition to find a new design for electricity pylons, also known as transmission towers, we thought we’d explore what
Virtual design speeds green reality
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Smarter energy markets: Another benefit of smart grids
One challenge in connecting more renewables to the grid is how to balance
What is the smart grid?
Governments, energy companies and tech firms all talk about the “smart grid” a
Clean-energy incentives: Here … then gone
Call it penny-wise, pound-foolish (or Euro-foolish) … although “cutting off your nose to
New buildings – even the ‘green’ ones – aren’t so green
The sustainable-living mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle” is usually
There will be energy … or trade wars … or something
The year 2012 might not see the fulfillment of
