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Now than summer has arrived in the Northern hemisphere, some of you might be willing to put to an end to the excessive heat in your homes and offices. Naturally, air conditioning comes to mind. But as this solution is very energy intensive and releases HFC – very powerful greenhouse gases – alternatives are sought. […]
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After Russia, the United Kingdom and Italy, Switzerland is the fourth European country in just a few months to seriously think about building new nuclear reactors. This occurs as current Swiss nuclear reactors are due to close around 2020 and the energy demand is increasing in an important way and this is due to continue.
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As I stated previously, no energy solution answer perfectly to all our needs. Renewables are no exception as they also suffer from two main issues : low energy density and intermittance. According to the French magazine Science & Vie, this poses a serious problem which compromises the dream of a future where we would get
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Yesterday, the eight leading economies met in Japan, alongside with China, India and South Korea. One of the main topics of discussion was the soaring prices of oil and energy. To counter this, they pledged to invest massively in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies such as renewable energies, nuclear and carbon capture and storage
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The International Energy Agency released today an interesting report urging once again its members to work on technologies that might solve the energy-climate equation. Stating that it is now or never, the experts believe that if nothing was done CO2 emissions would soar by 130 percent by mid century when in the opposite, they need
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Germany is often quoted as the definite example in climate change mitigation. However, as with all black and white fallacies, it is not really the case and the situation is not that simple. Indeed, even if our neighboring country gets far more energy from renewables than we are, it relies much too heavily on coal,
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According to the Daily Green, the International Energy Agency is wondering if oil supply can still answer to the demand and is investigating the situation for the first time of its history. In other words, the IEA believes that peak oil may have been reached already. Indeed, with oil prices increasing by thirty percent in
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I once wrote that peak oil might push countries to get back to coal. It is already the case as the International Herald Tribune states it in a recent article. Indeed in Japan and the UK, old coal mines are reopening or see their activity increase. This albeit the fact that coal is by far
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Italy has been since the Chernobyl catastrophe a huge opponent of nuclear. However, the newly elected government is planning to get back to using this energy source. This happens as the country depends on 60 percent on natural gas for its electricity, which is a huge problem as prices are soaring. This happens as some
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As I am speaking, the crude oil prices at the New York Mercantile exchange are above $130. This occurs only 15 days after oil prices reached $120. This is a strong acceleration in the oil prices increase as previously it took around two months for oil prices to increase by ten dollars. The cause for
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