Seven reasons against fracking
An article outlining no less than seven reasons to oppose hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking.
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An American wind energy revolution
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
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Latest news from China
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
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Peru to provide solar panels to two million inhabitants
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
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Desertec abandons Sahara solar energy export dream
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
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Worth an article – my May and June 2013 tweets
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
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Could we really reverse climate change ?
Given how we are on our way to warming global average temperatures by no less than 4 to 6 °C by the end of the century, stopping climate change seems already a huge ordeal and a tall order. It’s not a question of solutions, but of political courage. Now according to Grist, a team of
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Random vacation thoughts
My time out for the past two weeks in southern France was the occasion for me to think a bit about energy and environmental issues as I was experiencing stuff I have been writing about on this blog. Exemplifying with day-to-day and real-life examples is a fantastic opportunity to see how stuff just works. From
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Kazakhstan starts green revolution
To Reuters : ” Oil-rich Kazakhstan will spend 1 percent of annual output every year until 2050 to increase power generation from greener sources (…) cutting its dependence on coal far faster than some of the world’s big polluters. “ Still to the article, this amounts to around $3.2 billion (2.4 billion euros) annually. This
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LED lights save a lot of money, could save even much more
According to a study carried out in the United States by the local Department of Energy (DOE), the 49 million LED light bulbs already installed helped save a massive $675 million (over 500 million euros) in a single year. But wait, there is more as if all light bulbs in the United States were replaced
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