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Somewhere in March / April 2004 as I was a 20 year old student at the Burgundy School of Business I discovered both the threat of climate change and the potential of solar energies. These topics have never left me ever since. Indeed what better or more captivating projects for a twenty something kid from […]
Celebrating an eight-year commitment Read More »
Here is the beginning of my latest post on Cleantechies. It is about a study corroborating what I have been writing for years. As always, please go there to read the full post. Comments, tweets and shares are more than welcome ! 🙂 ” We have seen time and again that the European Union should
Study : Europe should push for 30 percent cuts Read More »
The prestigious International Energy Agency published this week an interesting report on both renewables and efficiency and how they are being deployed. The results are clear : Despite growing very fast, cleantech is not growing fast enough to prevent catastrophic climate change. Under the business as usual scenario, temperatures would warm by 6°C this century.
IEA pushes for more renewables, efficiency, faster Read More »
As China and Iceland signed last week a treaty on arctic oil and as a small spill declared in Russia, I thought it was appropriate to write about a previous article from Climate Progress on the risks of such practices. As Kiley Kroh noted there: ” Analysts at one of the world’s largest insurance markets
Why drilling for oil in the Arctic is downright crazy Read More »
I have been committed since January 2007 to bring you each month a selection of the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development, climate change and the world energy sector. However, I don’t blog as much as I would like to and generally write around 25 posts per month. But many more news are
Worth an article – My March 2012 tweets Read More »
As EcoFriend notes, thanks to a warmer climate and a massive push in low carbon energy sources, the United Kingdom slashed by SEVEN PERCENT its greenhouse gases emissions between 2011 and 2010. Cleantech boomed as the share of renewables went from 7.5 percent to 9.5 percent in a single year. Electricity production from renewable sources
United Kingdom slashed its emissions in 2011 Read More »
Last week Climate Progress presented a list of six facts on why renewables are absolutely great. Here it is : 1. Clean energy is competitive with other types of energy ; 2. Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels; 3. Clean energy improves grid reliability ; 4. Clean energy investment has surpassed
Six facts on the value of renewables Read More »
A year after the catastrophic events in Fukushima, Japan is planning to be nuclear free by May 5. It is I believe a good opportunity to focus on the future of the industry. Opinions diverge on this critical issue. Some believe nuclear is bound to disappear as it has a negative learning curve and that
A year after Fukushima, and the future of nuclear Read More »
We have seen in 2010 with the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico that offshore oil exploitation could lead to dramatic pollutions. Now, we are learning the hard way that offshore natural gas exploitation can be foolhardy. As The Guardian noted : ” Oil giant Total has confirmed that a major gas leak on one
Offshore natural gas exploitation isn’t safe either Read More »
This is so mindbogglingly big that I had to write about it. To Cleantechies : ” A UK report says that nearly half of the electricity consumed by British businesses is wasted when employees are not at work.” ” In an analysis of more than 6,000 smart meters, British Gas found that 46 percent of electricity
Half of electricity at UK businesses is wasted Read More »
