The FCPA Blog | By: Jianwei (Jerry) Fang | July 31, 2017: In June this year, the Market Supervision Commission of the Shenzhen Municipality published an instructive standard document named Anti-bribery Management System Shenzhen Standard to help companies and other organizations prevent bribery, and detect and deal with any bribery Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By Bob Davis and Eva Dou | July 27, 2017: The semiconductor industry, a stalwart of the global economy, is succumbing to fierce nationalistic competition. At a muddy construction site the size of 12 baseball stadiums, globalization is turning into nationalism. Truck after truck delivers Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Dan Frosch | Updated July 30, 2017: Areas that were scorched by fires are particularly prone to flooding amid heavy rains. As wildfires have quieted in some parts of the U.S., Western states have turned their focus toward another problem this summer: floods. While Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Byron Tau | Updated July 29, 2017: At demonstration to test security of election technology, a computer specialist exploits an old Windows XP flaw. A touch-screen voting machine used in a 2014 election in Virginia was hacked in about 100 minutes by exploiting a Read more…
Reuters | By: Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Anna Irrera | July 28, 2017: Technology companies looking to raise money by issuing digital coins are moving forward with their plans despite a U.S. regulator’s decision that their offerings may be subject to tough securities laws. Such initial coin offerings, or ICOs, have Read more…
Circle Of Blue | By: Brett Walton | July 26, 2017: Fewer people, higher rates, a state report shows. Customers of the smallest utilities in California pay more than twice as much for sewer service than residents of the state’s largest cities, according to a rates survey conducted by the Read more…
Circle Of Blue | By: Brett Walton | July 24, 2017: Restrictions on utilities result in weak aid programs, study finds. Beginning this year, poor residents in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, could apply for a $US 240 annual credit on their water and sewer bill. The City Read more…
Reuters | By: Sarah N. Lynch | July 27, 2017: Wall Street’s top U.S. regulator needs to improve the way it protects its own computer networks from cyber attacks, according to a new report by a congressional watchdog office. The 27-page report by the Government Accountability Office found the Securities Read more…
Rigzone | By: Matthew V. Veazey | July 27, 2017: Telematics device designed to track frac tanks, construction equipment and other assets. The commercial telematics firm SkyBitz has unveiled a two-way global satellite communication and tracking device for oil and gas assets – the Galaxy GTP4050. “It is largely intended Read more…
The Guardian | By: Senay Boztas | July 27, 2017: A pilot scheme in the Netherlands is sifting sewage for cellulose, which it says can be recycled into valuable products. When you flush the toilet, you’re probably not thinking about bike lanes or home insulation. But that’s where your used Read more…
Time | By: Charlie Campbell / Baotou | Jul 27, 2017: With hands stretched wide, Meng Baoyindaogetao backs the ewe into a corner, seizes it by the horns and swings his leg over its back. A farmhand then approaches cradling an emaciated lamb, barely a few days old. The little Read more…
Clean Technica | By: James Ayre | July 27, 2017: The release of “treated” wastewater from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations in Pennsylvania has led to regional watersheds being contaminated with radioactive materials, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and heavy metals, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State, Colorado State, and Read more…
Reuters | By: Christine Kim | July 28, 2017: North Korea is behind an increasingly orchestrated effort at hacking into computers of financial institutions in South Korea and around the world to steal cash for the impoverished country, a South Korean state-backed agency said in a report. In the past, Read more…
The Detroit News | By: Christine Ferretti | GPE – July 27, 2017: Detroit — The city’s water department began the controversial practice of shutting off water service on Wednesday to some of the nearly 18,000 residential customers with delinquent accounts. Originally published April 19, 2017: The Detroit Water and Read more…
The Guardian | By: Rebecca Smithers | July 26, 2017: Travellers are left to buy expensive and wasteful plastic bottles of water after passing through security, says consumer website MoneySavingExpert.com More than half of the UK’s international airports do not have free drinking water fountains installed in their departure lounges, Read more…
Reuters | By: Brenda Goh | July 27, 2017: China to speed up bullet trains in September: state media. China plans to raise the speed of its bullet trains back up to 350 kph (217 mph), state media reported on Thursday, six years after a deadly high-speed rail crash prompted Read more…
World Resources Institute | By: Tianyi Luo | July 26, 2017: India is making great strides to aggressively expand its renewable energy capacity. But the country’s power sector remains highly reliant on thermoelectric plants, with high demand for water for cooling. That means that droughts, like the one caused last Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Mara Lemos Stein | Jul 26, 2017: Provisions in the U.K.’s Criminal Finances Act of 2017 allowing for greater information sharing by financial institutions are unlikely to spur a flurry of joint reports of suspected money laundering activity, as the new procedures are more Read more…
Reuters | By: Jack Stubbs, Karolina Tagaris and Anna Irrera | July 26, 2017: A U.S. jury indicted a Russian man on Wednesday as the operator of a digital currency exchange he allegedly used to launder more than $4 billion for people involved in crimes ranging from computer hacking to Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Paul Vigna and Dave Michaels | Updated July 25, 2017: At issue is sector where more than $1 billion has been raised this year but which has been criticized for lacking standards. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday moved to restrain a hot Read more…
US Treasury | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network | July 26, 2017: Treasury’s First Action Against a Foreign-Located Money Services Business. WASHINGTON—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), working in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, assessed a $110,003,314 civil money penalty today against BTC-e a/k/a Read more…
Zurich | Knowledge Hub | World Economic Forum | GPE – July 26, 2017: North American companies rely heavily on both physical and digital infrastructures. Find out why your company could be compromised by these risks and ways you can better manage them. Originally published May 10, 2017: North American Read more…
Air Transport World | By: Mark Nensel | Jul 25, 2017: The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), working with US intelligence experts, built a large personal electronic device (PED) laden with explosives and tested it “on a real airplane, on the ground [and] pressurized,” US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Read more…
Air Transport World | By: Victoria Moores | Jul 25, 2017: The UK Department for Transport (DfT) and UK CAA are tightening their unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) rules, just as research was released on the potential collision damage to commercial aircraft. Under the proposed rules, drones weighing more than 250 Read more…
Reinsurance News | By: Luke Gallin | July 24, 2017: Brazilian reinsurer, IRB Brasil RE, has licensed RMS’ China and India agricultural models in an effort to expand its presence in the global reinsurance market. Global catastrophe risk modeller and analytics firm, RMS, announced recently that IRB Brasil RE has Read more…
ARS Technica | By: Megan Geuss | July 25, 2017: Without planning and cooperation, EU countries could be up against a water problem. Unless you work at a coal, gas, or nuclear plant, you may not think about water when you think about electricity (certainly at a household level; they Read more…
Circle Of Blue | By: Codi Kozacek | GPE – July 26, 2017: Trust, cooperate, and innovate for safe water and thriving communities. Originally published May 16, 2016: America’s substantial water challenges are not secret any longer. Cities poisoned by lead-contaminated drinking water and toxic algae, along with crippling droughts Read more…
Global Infrastructure Outlook | Report | GPE – July 27, 2017: Developing and emerging economies will drive future economic growth, growing at more than twice the rate of advanced economies. By 2040, global GDP is predicted to almost double from 2015 levels. Global Infrastructure Outlook (Outlook) forecasts that developing and Read more…
Defense One | By: Mitch Herckis | July 25, 2017: Retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen has seen the cyber threat in action and believes it’s targeted at counties. That was his message to a roomful of county officials at the National Association of Counties Tech Town Hall on Saturday Read more…
UK Department for Transport | Military Aviation Authority | British Airline Pilots’ Association | GPE – July 26, 2017: The Department for Transport, the Military Aviation Authority and British Airline Pilots’ Association commissioned a study into the effects of a mid-air collision between small remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS, commonly Read more…
The Hill | By: Naomi Jagoda | July 25, 2017: The IRS is seeing a rise in business-related identity thefts even as the number of individuals who report ID theft is significantly declining. “The IRS, state tax agencies and the tax community have worked hard to turn the tide against Read more…
Waterworld International | By Paul Grad | GPE – July 25, 2017: Costing AUD$11.2 million, the Sydney Park project embodies Australia’s advanced stormwater management success. Helping the city to meet ambitious targets, as well as reusing water, what can the site share with other countries facing stormwater challenges? Sydney Park, Read more…
GE Reports | By: Nir Kshetri | GPE – July 25, 2017: No need for a bank: Just a smartphone and a blockchain. Here are four real examples, compiled by Nir Kshetri, a professor of management at The University of North Carolina-Greensboro, that show how blockchain could help boost the Read more…
GE Reports | By: Mark Egan & Dorothy Pomerantz | GPE – July 25, 2017: Ben Beckmann works as the lead scientist in the complex systems engineering lab at GE Global Research in Niskayuna, New York. In 2012, he made a seemingly inconsequential wager: He bet one of his colleagues Read more…
The Guardian | Australian Associated Press | July 25, 2017: Modelling suggests Australia would face more frequent drought-inducing weather events beyond any climate stabilisation. Extreme El Niño events that can cause crippling drought in Australia are likely to be far more frequent even if the world pulls off mission improbable Read more…
Financial Times | By: Martin Wolf | GPE – July 25, 2017: The gap between rich and poor nations narrows as the sources of dynamism in high-income economies slow. Originally published on July 19, 2017: What is happening to the world economy? Here are some answers, in seven charts. They Read more…
Financial Times | GPE – July 25, 2017: Brussels sends letters to 17 countries about missing deadline to launch company register. Brussels has rebuked national governments in the EU for failing to apply rules aimed at making it harder for terror organisations and criminal gangs to hide their money by Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Christopher Mims | July 23, 2017: In the war taking place across the global internet, everyone is a combatant — and a target. This is already a banner year for hacks, breaches and cyberwarfare, but the past week was exceptional. South Carolina reported Read more…
Aviation Week & Space Technology | By: Leithen Francis | GPE – July 23, 2017: Opinion: How China Is Using ‘Soft Power’ In Space Business. Originally Published Jul 7, 2017: China’s state-backed satellite industry has swooped into Indonesia and suddenly signed deals with two of the country’s top three satellite Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Zachary Shahan | GPE – July 23, 2017: We already published a great article from Nexus Media regarding Lazard’s new report showing the extremely low (and falling) costs of solar power and wind power. However, I’ve been wanting to highlight these awesome new findings since Larmion Read more…
The Council On Foreign Relations | Foreign Affairs | Issue: Natural Resources | Essay By David G. Victor and Kassia Yanosek | July/August 2017: The technology revolution has transformed one industry after another, from retail to manufacturing to transportation. Its most far-reaching effects, however, may be playing out in the Read more…
Xinhua | Editor: Liangyu | July 22, 2017: BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) — High costs in grain production are posing challenges to China’s agricultural competitiveness, a report said. Rapidly-growing labor and land costs have boosted prices of homegrown farm produce to levels near or even higher than imported grain, according Read more…
Xinhua| Editor: Liangyu | July 22, 2017: BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) — A green manufacturing alliance was inaugurated Saturday to better support the country’s green and sustainable development, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Led by the ministry, members of the Green Manufacturing Association of China Read more…
Xinhua | Editor: ZD | July 22, 2017: BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) – Once known as the “world’s factory” for producing cheap goods, China is relentlessly moving into an advanced stage in manufacturing upgrades in a time when the real economy matters like never before. Two years after China announced Read more…
Clean Technica | By Zachary Shahan | GPE – July 23, 2017: Everything has its advantages and disadvantages, its pluses and minuses. So, naturally, there must be a number of solar power advantages and solar power disadvantages too, right? It’s been awhile since I ran down a list of solar Read more…
Lazard | Report | GPE – July 23, 2017: Lazard has released the tenth version of its Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 10.0). An in depth study of Alternative Energy costs compared to conventional generation technologies. The central findings of the LCOE study are: 1) Certain Alternative Energy technologies Read more…
Clean Technica | By Zachary Shahan | GPE – July 23, 2017: If you’re considering solar, and you’re like most people, one of the first questions you may ask is: How much do solar panels cost? Solar is a great idea for many people, not only to cut their utility Read more…
Clean Technica | By: James Ayre | July 21, 2017: More than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics have been produced by humans since large-scale production began back in the 1950s, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances. Almost all of this plastic now resides as Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Andy Spalding | July 21, 2017: Bhutan – the tiny Himalayan kingdom nestled between China and India – now writes an anti-corruption story unlike any I have seen, and in the best of ways. Deliberately isolated from the outside world and its geopolitical machinations, Bhutan Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Joshua S Hill | July 20th, 2017: China installed a record 24.4 gigawatts worth of new solar capacity across the first half of 2017, according to new figures from the country’s solar PV association, a new year-on-year record of 9% up on 2016’s own record installation Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By Barry Cinnamon | July 20, 2017: At 1:30 on a Sunday afternoon in June, I experienced the second power outage at my Silicon Valley home this year. Then, last weekend a transformer explosion at a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power substation left 140,000 Read more…
Renewable Energy World | GPE – July 21, 2017: Transitioning to the energy landscape of the future is oftentimes distilled down to a rise in renewable power generation. But the reality is that myriad industries are evolving and contributing to the foundations of a cleaner future. Here, the emergence of Read more…
BN Americas | By: Javiera Gracia | July 20, 2017: Argentina has started building the Riachuelo Plant sub-fluvial sewage pipe which is expected to benefit 5mn people in Buenos Aires province. The government said in a press release the initiative is the most important of its kind in the province Read more…
Photon | Post date: 20/07/2017: The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has accepted the Hawaiian Electric Companies’ plan charting the near-term actions that will lead to 100 percent of Hawaii’s power generation needs coming from renewable resources by 2045. According to Heco, the Power Supply Improvement Plan Update describes the Read more…
The Guardian | By: Fiona Harvey | 20 July 2017: Hotels and local government in Cancún will pay premiums, and insurance industry will pay out if the reef is damaged by storms. A stretch of coral reef off Mexico is the testing ground for a new idea that could protect Read more…
The New York Times | By: Christine Hauser | July 20, 2017: With a tweet and very little else by way of detail, the entrepreneur Elon Musk on Thursday raised the prospect of speedy, hassle-free travel along the busy section of the Eastern Seaboard between New York and Washington, D.C. Read more…
The New York Times | By: Paul Mozur and Jane Perlez | GPE – July 21, 2017: HONG KONG — When the United States Air Force wanted help making military robots more perceptive, it turned to a Boston-based artificial intelligence start-up called Neurala. But when Neurala needed money, it got Read more…
The New York Times | By: Paul Mozur and John Markoff | GPE – July 21, 2017: Sören Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany, and seemed set to go to Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to Read more…
The New York Times | By: Paul Mozur | July 20, 2017: SHANGHAI — If Beijing has its way, the future of artificial intelligence will be made in China. The country laid out a development plan on Thursday to become the world leader in A.I. by 2030, aiming to surpass Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Tom Fairless | Updated July 20, 2017: The European Central Bank pushed back further a decision on whether to wind down its giant bond-buying program. The European Central Bank delayed discussion over whether to wind down its giant bond-buying program, underlining a recent tone Read more…
The Wall street Journal | By: Megumi Fujikawa and Yoko Kubota | Updated July 20, 2017: Bank Of Japan leaves policy rates on hold, raises view on economy. Japan’s timetable for achieving stable inflation has again been extended by a year. The Bank of Japan on Thursday pushed back the Read more…
Sagaret | Original In French | GPE – July 21, 2017: No buildings visible to the naked eye, no towers at Kengo Kuma. The famous Japanese architect, chosen to oversee the new Olympic stadium in Tokyo, has only one credo: to reintroduce nature in cities. What he plans to do Read more…
Forester Network | By: Laura Sanchez | GPE – July 21, 2017: It began innocently enough—a resume sent via email in Microsoft Word document format. But what transpired once power plant managers opened the files was unquestionably sinister. Originally posted July 10, 2017: Authorities report that since May 2017, hackers Read more…
The Third Pole | By: Katherine Purvis, July 19, 2017: The Indian government’s policy of using treated sewage water to run operations in coal-fired power plants is not economically viable and will do little to resolve conflicts over water use. An ambitious plan to reduce the dependence of India’s coal-fired Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Martin Kenney | July 19, 2017: I have long advocated that Grand Corruption should be considered a crime against humanity, under Article 7(1)(k) of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court. Given my prior interest and area of professional expertise, the recent announcement that Read more…
Barclays | By: Durukal Gun , Christian Keller, Sree Kochugovindan, Tomasz Wieladek | GPE – July 21, 2017: The period of hyperglobalisation that began in the early 1990s may be drawing to a close. Should deglobalisation come to pass, it could have far-reaching consequences for countries, corporations, and investors. Originally Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: By Gregory Zuckerman and Rob Copeland | Updated July 20, 2017: Steven Cohen, David Einhorn and others are facing looming tax bills for years of offshore gains. Hedge-fund managers for years accumulated offshore gains without paying federal and state taxes. Now Uncle Sam is Read more…
WaterWorld | By: Andrew Heath | GPE – July 21, 2017: Water infrastructure in the U.S. is in serious need of investment. The latest estimates from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggest that the nation’s drinking water infrastructure needs $384 billion in new investment and our sewage and stormwater systems Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Alexandra Gillies | July 20, 2017: Shell companies have been called the “getaway cars” of corruption. In some jurisdictions, including the United States, individuals can easily set up anonymous companies and use them to hide stolen funds. Last week, members of congress introduced bipartisan bills Read more…
Rocky Mountain Institute | By: Kevin Brehm | July 12, 2017: Market responses show rural electric co-ops and municipal utilities can save money with solar. On March 22, 2017, Rocky Mountain Institute’s Shine Program released a request for proposals (RFP) for community-scale solar on behalf of a group of rural Read more…
The Hill | By: Melanie Zanona | 07/20/17: The timing and fate of President Trump’s infrastructure plan may depend on whether the GOP enacts major tax reform — a task that could prove challenging amid the struggle to pass a healthcare bill. Republicans are signaling that a massive rebuilding package, Read more…
PART I: THE FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC MODEL: An Anthropologist looking down on planet Earth from Mars could come to the conclusion that nothing much is working in the major social organization system which we call Democracy. The description below is not just a description of the American system but Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Brian Christopher Greene and Deanne M. Barrow | GPE – July 19, 2017: Part One: Technological and cost breakthroughs are expected to lead to rapid growth in the number of utility and behind-the-meter storage projects. Industry insiders say the energy storage market in 2017 feels Read more…
Reuters | By: by Bate Felix | July 18, 2017: French utility EDF cut output at two reactors at its Tricastin nuclear plant in southern France on Tuesday, due to scorching temperatures, to reduce the amount of heated water from the reactors’ cooling system flowing into the Rhone river. The Read more…
Financial Times | July 18, 2017: This is shadow banking moving to the next stage of private money creation. Imagine a market where almost anyone can launch their own currency in exchange for millions of dollars of liquid funding without so much as a liability. Now imagine a market where Read more…
OECD | Report | GPE – July 18, 2017: Since the beginning of China’s economic transformation in the early 1970s, investment has been a key driver of China’s growth and has contributed to substantial improvements in living standards. Report originally published October 27, 2016: Over three decades of average annual Read more…
Pacific Institute | By: Rapichan Phurisamban and Peter Gleick | GPE – July 17, 2017: In February of 2017, the Pacific Institute released a white paper entitled Drinking Fountains and Public Health: Improving National Infrastructure to Rebuild Trust and Ensure Access, which highlighted the limited evidence of a link between Read more…
The FCPA Blog | By: Richard L. Cassin | Monday, July 17, 2017: The World Bank Group announced the debarment Friday of AECOM Asia Company Limited for 18 months for violating the Bank’s guidelines for consultants. The debarment is part of a Negotiated Resolution Agreement (NRA). A World Bank investigation Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Mick Mulvaney | July 12, 2017 6:41 p.m. ET: If the Trump administration has one overarching goal, it’s to Make America Great Again. But what does this mean? It means we are promoting MAGAnomics—and that means sustained 3% economic growth. For most of our Read more…
KPMG | GPE – July 16, 2017: Report originally published by KPMG in 2009: The development of infrastructure within China has consistently been a key focus for the government in the economic development initiatives encapsulated in regular Five-Year Plans, which are now into their eleventh cycle (2006 to 2010). With Read more…
Pricewaterhouse Coopers | Oxford Economics | GPE – July 16, 2017: Extract From The Report: Infrastructure spending has begun to rebound from the global financial crisis and is expected to grow significantly over the coming decade. That is the main finding of “Capital Project And Infrastructure Spending: Outlook To 2025” Read more…
Fortune International | GPE – July 16, 2017: The current focus of China on infrastructure development was explained in a special report originally published online by Fortune International on May 23rd 2013 – excerpted below: China is at a crossroads. Its leaders are committed to dramatically transforming the world’s second-largest Read more…
Financial Times | July 16th, 2017: Beijing pushes ahead with spending and new shipping routes through Arctic circle. China is ramping up acquisitions of overseas ports as it expands its reach as a maritime power, doubling its investments in port projects over the past year to $20bn and pushing ahead Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Sven Lindström | July 13, 2017: The stars are aligned for a breakthrough of small-scale solar energy in urban areas. This could completely change the world, the planet’s source of energy generation and save the environment. However, there are also obstacles to this bright future Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Dr. Thomas Hillig | July 11, 2017: The Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius has changed its power generation paradigms by reducing diesel consumption with a 1.89 MW solar PV and 1 MW/572 kWh Li-Ion battery energy storage system. THEnergy has performed a data analysis for Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Michele Capots | July 12, 2017: Hurricane Sandy, known as Superstorm Sandy, was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Almost 2.5 million people were left without power in the aftermath of the storm. Damages were estimated to be more Read more…
Reuters | By: Colin Packham | July 14, 2017: SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Friday proposed new laws to compel companies such as U.S. social media giant Facebook (FB.O) and device manufacturer Apple (AAPL.O) to provide security agencies access to encrypted messages. The measures will be the first in an Read more…
Time | By: Melissa Chan | Jul 12, 2017: Scientists have successfully teleported an object from Earth to space for the first time, paving the way for more ambitious and futuristic breakthroughs. A team of researchers in China sent a photon from the ground to an orbiting satellite more than Read more…
World Resources Institute | By: Jiao Wang, Leah Schleifer and Lijin Zhong | GPE – July 13, 2017: Drought in Kenya and neighboring countries became so severe earlier this year that the government of Kenya declared a national disaster. Already, the effects have been devastating: Food production dropped, leaving more Read more…
Clean Technica | By: Giles Parkinson | July 11th, 2017: Chief scientist Alan Finkel says it is clear that investors in the energy market prefer wind and solar because they are cheaper to build than traditional generation such as hydro and coal. Speaking to the National Press Club 12 days Read more…
Greentech Media | By: Julia Pyper | GPE – July 12, 2017: Oil companies have realized that renewables aren’t going away—and they want to get in on the action. Originally published – June 13, 2017: Wind and solar have reached a point where they’re impossible for the world’s largest oil Read more…
Chatham House | By: Professor Paul Stevens | GPE July 12, 2017: The IOCs are faced with the choice of managing a gentle decline by downsizing or risking a rapid collapse by trying to carry on business as usual. Summary: Report Originally Published May 2016: The future of the major Read more…
Greentech Media | By: Julia Pyper | July 11, 2017: The oil giant’s New Energies division launched last year with an annual investment budget of just $200 million. Royal Dutch Shell is accelerating its move into alternative energy, with plans to spend up to $1 billion per year on its Read more…
Greentech Media | By: Julian Spector | July 11, 2017: The new company, Fluence, will combine AES’ expertise in utility-scale storage with Siemens’ global sales and engineering resources. Two of the biggest names in energy storage development have decided to join forces. AES, a leader in megawatt-hours deployed, will launch Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Perry Williams, Bloomberg | July 7, 2017: Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. has won a tender to supply what the billionaire says is the world’s largest lithium-ion battery to back up the state of South Australia’s blackout-plagued power grid, making good on a promise first made Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By: Alexa Corse | July 11, 2017 5:30 a.m. ET: The intrusion failed, but the incident prompted new precautions and concern by lawmakers. Last August, Maryland’s State Board of Elections noticed something suspicious: Someone was probing the state’s online voter-registration system, using an internet address Read more…
Next Gov | By: Joon Ian Wong | July 11, 2017: Hackers in Singapore are going legit: The government may soon require them to get a license. As part of a draft bill that will make sweeping changes to Singapore’s national cybersecurity regime, already rated the world’s best by the Read more…
Defense One | By: Jack Watling | July 11, 2017: On Sunday, Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, visited Mosul to herald the success of his army’s nine-month struggle to recapture the city from the Islamic State. In a speech on state television the next day, he declared “the Read more…
Renewable Energy World | By: Jeff Yan | July 10, 2017: As the country seeks to install energy generation capacity at lightning pace, China is looking at how smart technologies in large solar PV plants can help save time and money while increasing energy production. As the private sector increasingly Read more…
The Wall Street Journal | By Kris Maher | Updated July 11, 2017 8:29 p.m. ET: Wish list for crumbling West Virginia facility is a big ask given U.S. funding levels. CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Two years ago, a safety area at the end of a runway designed to mitigate emergencies at Yeager Read more…