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According to The Guardian and Cleantech, Ireland plans to invest 22 billions euros on renewable energies and “smart” and efficient systems over the next 12 years. Half of this money will be invested in wind, wave and tidal energies and biomass. This is due to cut by half the greenhouse gases emissions by 2020. An […]
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I have been writing it for months, and it seems that I am right as no other than the International Energy Agency is now urging to act on energy efficiency of buildings. Indeed, their latest publication is on this topic and their findings corroborate the ones I had in my master’s thesis. They also go
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I have been willing to write an article on biofuels for now more than a year, and the so-called panacea they represent to some people. Today the famous company Nestlé provided me a great occasion to do so as according to its CEO, biofuels are planting the seeds of famine. This is quite shocking as
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China created this week a super ministry of the Environment that will push forward the issue to the core of the policies of the People’s Republic government. This occurs as the people is becoming less and less satisfied of the quality of the air it breathes and the water it drinks. Moreover, issues are more
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That’s it, yesterday at the New York Mercantile Exchange the oil prices reached $110 for the first time in History. This occurs only two months and a half after it reached $100. This can be explained by the fact that the Dollar is weakening as time goes and as now the Euro is worth $1.55.
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According to the latest report of the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st century (REN21), renewable energies are witnessing an important increase. Indeed global generating capacity of grid-connected solar photovoltaic rose by 52 percent and wind power by 28 percent in 2007, compared to 2006. These renewables are due to have a bright future,
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By reading this month’s issue of the French magazine Science & Vie, I came across a valuable article on a technology called Controlled Auto Ignition, or CAI. This enables oil engines to cut the consumption of regular vehicles by 15 percent, which would bring them to the levels of Diesel engines, without their hindrances. Engineers
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According to the WWF, Shanghaï (and another Chinese city, Boading) joins the Low Carbon City Initiative, a pioneering project from the renown organization. This will enable the cities to decrease their CO2 emissions by working on energy efficiency of buildings as well as the environmental quality. This is great news and I can’t wait for
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I was relating earlier that renewable energies are witnessing a boom worldwide. It seems that nuclear energy might also face the same phenomenon with climate change mitigation. Nuclear has a seriously bad reputation for some ecologists, and this even if it is the second lowest greenhouse gases emitting energy solution. But with the crises of
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Alstom unveiled yesterday its AGV, which is the successor of the TGV (train à grande vitesse, fast speed train) a huge success for the company. The AGV brings several improvements compared to the previous model as it goes faster – 360 kilometers per hour compared to 320 – and consumes less energy. This will make
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