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The People’s Republic of China is in the middle of a very serious situation as it is struggling with horrendous air pollution which in the Northern provinces cut life expectancy by over five years. To avoid this from worsening even more, the local government has been investing heavily in the past and will invest more […]
China coal consumption could peak soon Read More »
With shale oil and other extreme oil sources, many think peak oil is dead, or at least is not threatening our economies. But this couldn’t be more wrong. The historic average oil prices are of $25. Current prices are above $110 a barrel. Five years ago, they were less than half of that. As the
Is Peak Oil real ? Yes, and it is here Read More »
Safe and clean nuclear energy seems everyday further away as the horror story of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan unfolds. Each passing year seems to bring its flow of bad news. As the New York Times notes : ” Problems at the plant seemed to take a sharp turn for the worse in July
The Fukushima horror story goes on Read More »
A couple of weeks ago I went to Boulogne sur Mer and visited the marvellous Côte d’Opale. I had two great summer days between Boulogne and Calais and strongly recommend this little trip if you are looking for enchanting places. A thing that struck me there is the quantity of wind there is almost all
Tapping into local renewables : the Côte d’Opale Read More »
An article outlining no less than seven reasons to oppose hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
Seven reasons against fracking Read More »
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published on its website a series on infographics and a great animation showing how wind energy is rapidly gaining pace and its capacity is booming. In 2003, there were 185 wind farms online, powering the equivalent of 1.6 million homes ; in 2008, there were 416 wind farms
An American wind energy revolution Read More »
I originally wanted to write a post only on how the People’s Republic of China is willing to quadruple its solar PV capacity by 2015. But given other news from there got my attention, I thought it would be better to present them all. First thing first : the Chinese government is not messing around
Latest news from China Read More »
I seldom blog about Latin America besides the occasional post on the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. So when I read about Peru’s efforts to give access to its poorest population, I just knew I had to share this. The Peruvian National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program will benefit more than 2 million people by providing
Peru to provide solar panels to two million inhabitants Read More »
The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) have been been the subject of many articles here. The huge project was due to generate large amounts of renewable energy from solar and wind farms in Northern Africa and bring it to Europe. Criticism had been important as the feasability of generating up to 100 gigawatts of electricity in
Desertec abandons Sahara solar energy export dream Read More »
uh oh ! I totally forgot to publish a review of my most interesting news on Twitter for both May and June ! Lucky you, here is this long awaited for selection. As usual, each tweet could have been the subject of a full article. Given this selection I believe it is safe to say
Worth an article – my May and June 2013 tweets Read More »
