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Japan replaced half of its nuclear reactors by efficiency

Monday, April 21, 2014 / Cleantech / Leave a Comment

We have seen it many times over, energy efficiency is a key component to the energy transition, alongside with renewable energy sources. Energy sobriety / conservation is another often overlooked tool. As I was reporting all the way back to 2011, after Fukushima, Japan had cut by 15 percent its power usage thanks to conservation measures between 9 a.m. and …

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700 million people in a huge blackout in India

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 / Energy / Leave a Comment

The increasing number of air conditioning appliances – and overall electricity demand – in India had presumably a huge consequence as yesterday, 600 million people went without electricity for several hours. As the New York Times noted : ” The world’s largest blackout ever crippled roughly half of India for a second consecutive day on …

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