In one of the few things they agree on, both Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton have said they would spend billions more on America’s aging roads, bridges, hospitals, schools and public transportation systems.
One of Belgium’s oldest breweries, in the narrow streets of medieval Bruges, solved a transportation problem and a avoided a move from the city center.
Rainfall from Hurricane Hermine added to the strain already being faced by aging wastewater treatment facilities along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
An American scrap trader was cleaning out his garage earlier this summer. Nicholas Tolomeo explains.
(Fri, 16 Sep 2016) About 14% of commercial buildings in the United States are owned by a government agency at federal, state, and local levels. The latest data from EIA's Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) show these buildings have significantly reduced their energy intensity in recent years.
The project, financed in part with French and Chinese investment, had been postponed in July, angering its international partners.
(Thu, 15 Sep 2016) Many electric customers lost service as Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida and moved over portions of several southern states in early September. Electricity use in the city of Tallahassee, Florida dropped rapidly in the hours after the hurricane's landfall around midnight on September 2, falling to less than 20% of forecast normal hourly demand. Service was not back to near normal levels until at least three days later.
(Thu, 15 Sep 2016) The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today released the full Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016), which focus on the factors expected to shape U.S. energy markets through 2040. The projections provide a basis for examination and discussion of energy market trends and serve as a starting point for analysis of potential changes in U.S. energy policies, rules, and regulations, as well as the potential role of advanced technologies.
(Wed, 14 Sep 2016) Starting this month, EIA's <em>Drilling Productivity Report</em> (DPR) includes monthly estimates of the number of drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) in the seven DPR regions. Estimates will go through the prior month; the September DPR includes estimates through August.
(Tue, 13 Sep 2016) Since the accident at Fukushima Daiichi in March 2011 and the subsequent shutdown of nuclear reactors in Japan, five reactors have received approval to restart operations under the new safety standards imposed by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). Only three of those reactors are currently operating.
