Monthly Archives: October 2008

Wind Power Provided Over 1% of Global Electricity in 2007

Posted on October 3, 2008 by John Hunter

Data from World Wind Energy Association, for installed Mega Watts of global wind power capacity in 2007. 19,696 MW of capacity were added in 2007, bringing the total to 93,849 MW. Europe accounts for 61% of installed capacity, Germany accounts for 24% and the USA 18%. Post from the Curious Cat Science and Engineering blog (more posts on energy and engineering). The graph shows the top 10 producers (with the exceptions of Denmark and Portugal) and includes Japan (which is … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Carnival #44

Posted on October 1, 2008 by John Hunter

Kevin Meyer is hosting the Management Improvement Carnival #44 on the Evolving Excellence blog, highlights include: What would Taiichi Ohno do? at TimeBack Management. I do think there’s tremendous value in applying 5S to the information you manage. But. . . when Google desktop can find anything on your computer in .03 seconds, is there real value in spending time organizing, sorting, and deleting emails, spreadsheets, and PDFs? Unbundling Dell’s Business at Edge Perspectives. Companies increasingly face an unbundling decision … Continue reading →

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