REPORT: Energy Efficiency Leads Energy Sector Job Growth
28% of U.S. energy workers are employed by energy efficiency businesses Top 10 States: Calif., Texas, N.Y., Fla., Ill., N.C., Mass., Mich., Ohio, Va. EE employs 2X as many Americans as fossil fuel industries LOS ANGELES – Energy efficiency is the fastest-growing segment of U.S. energy-sector employment, now employing more than 2.3 million Americans, according to a new analysis from E4TheFuture and the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). Energy effici...
Utilities Find Data at the Center of Operations, Launching the Grid Analytics Market to $2.31 Billion
Santa Clara, Calif. – As data becomes central to new business models in the energy utility sector, the global grid analytics market is expected to accelerate from $1.15 billion in 2018 to $2.31 billion in 2025, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.4%. Energy utilities are generating massive volumes of data from smart meters, intelligent energy devices, and multi-sensing units but only 2% to 4% of data from the system is actually leveraged for analytics. This data, combined with a sophis...
Global Power Industry Contracts in Q2 2019: Wind Technology a Flat Growth
Wind technology contracts activity in Q2 2019 saw 236 contracts announced, marking a flat growth over the last four-quarter average of 237, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database. Onshore was the top category in wind technology in terms of number of contracts for the quarter, accounting for 173 contracts and a 73.3% share, followed by Offshore with 57 contracts and a 24.2% share. Onshore Repowered stood in third place with six contracts and a 2.5% share. Looking at glo...
World Energy Scenarios 2019 Launched
Global Energy Demand on Track to Peak Between 2020 and 2025 September 9, 2019 – Today the World Energy Council in collaboration with Accenture Strategy and the Paul Scherrer Institute launched an updated World Energy Scenarios report. Among the key findings, per capita energy demand projected to peak before 2030 and innovative net zero carbon pathways include hydrogen. The scenarios provide energy leaders with a clear strategic framework for navigating ‘disruption-as-usual’ and offer a platfo...
An Olympian Achievement: Los Angeles Zeroes in on Emissions-Free Bus Fleet
When Los Angeles hosts the Summer Olympic Games in 2028, city officials are hoping its zero-emissions bus fleet will share a bit of the spotlight with the world’s best athletes. Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is starting the journey to create a comprehensive Zero Emissions Bus Program through an analysis of its network of 165 bus and bus rapid-transit routes and 12 maintenance facilities. The goal is to convert to a complete zero-emissions bus fleet by 2030. To achie...
Eighty Percent of Contractors Report Difficulty Finding Qualified Craft Workers to Hire as Firms Give Low Marks to Quality of New Worker Pipeline
Firms Are Boosting Pay and Benefits, Adding New Training Programs and Adopting New Technologies to Cope, but Labor Shortages Threaten Broader Economic Growth as Officials Outline Federal Measures to Help Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an industry-wide survey released today by Autodesk and the Associated General Contractors of America....
Renewables 'Eliminate' Base Load Reliance in South Australia
Picture: Nathan Rodriguez. An Australian state once ridiculed for its reliance on renewable energy sources is being used as a global example of how traditional “base load” generation can be eliminated from the electricity supply system. South Australia already leads the nation in the uptake of wind energy and roof-top solar with renewable sources accounting for more than 50 per cent of the electricity generated in the state. This followed the closure of the state’s last coal-fired...
New Rider Data Shows How Public Transit Reduces Greenhouse Gas and Pollutant Emissions
Public transit has long been an answer for people looking to leave their car at home and reduce their air pollution emissions. But now, with better rider tracking tools, the University of Utah and the Utah Transit Authority can better answer the question: How much does public transit reduce pollution emissions? In a paper published in Environmental Research Communications, University of Utah researchers Daniel Mendoza, Martin Buchert and John Lin used tap-on tap-off rider data to quantify the...
National League of Cities Report Backs Congestion Pricing
A new 24-page report issued by the National League of Cities on August 7 recommends congestion pricing as a key tool for “solving the growing infrastructure crisis in American cities, towns, and villages.” [Above photo by the New York City Department of Transportation.] The report – en...
Report: Cost of Congestion to Hit $200B in 2025
If more Americans are working, a new report confirms, more of us are also tied up in traffic. The picture is painted clearly in the 2019 Urban Mobility Report, published by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Along with illustrating the problem, researchers also stress the same straightforward solutions they’ve long advocated: more of everything — roads, transit, squeezing as much efficiency out of the existing system as possible, reducing demand through telework, better balancing dema...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
