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28 nuclear plants may be built in the United States

According to several sources, the International Herald Tribune, Business Wire and CNN, the United States plan to build several nuclear power plants in the coming years. The IHT article states : ” Power companies have tentative plans to put the 28 new reactors at 19 sites around the country. “ So after the Russian Confederation, […]

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Decreasing the consumption of computer screens

While browsing the Internet, I learned about an initiative due to decrease (a bit) the energy consumption of our computer screens while were are surfing the web. The world famous page of Google is in white and according to the creators of Blackle, putting this page in black would save thousands of watts per hour

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Russia to build 26 new nuclear reactors

Some weeks ago, the Russian government decided to launch a new construction program of nuclear plants. 26 reactors will hence be built in this country by the year 2020. This is a very large plan as it will build in only 12 years the equivalent of half the amount of reactors on French soil. A

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Brazil to enrich uranium

Brazil, the leading South American economy, plans to enrich uranium and to build possibly a new nuclear plant in order to answer to the local growing electricity demand. Last year Brazil achieved oil self-sufficiency and is now willing to launch a whole uranium enrichment program, in order to manage totally this part of the nuclear

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California : a climate change example

Last week, the French weekly Challenges translated a very interesting article from the magazine The Economist. It handled the climate change approach of the most populated US State with its nearly 36 million inhabitants. The Golden State alone would be the eighth world economic power. California is often mentioned as an example in the fight

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IEA expects oil crunch worldwide

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released on Monday a study on the middle term market for oil. According to the Financial Times and Les Echos, the oil prices aren’t due to decrease between 2007 and 2012. According to the FT : “In its starkest warning yet on the world’s fuel outlook, the International Energy Agency

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German federal governement to insulate buildings

Germany is willing to tackle the millions local buildings that are lacking insulation. This will lead to savings of nearly half of the energy consumed by this sector by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels). The goal of the Federal Government is to insulate every year five percent of total housings and buildings. This would concern

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An interesting point of view on desalination

The WWF, the renowned NGO, released an interesting paper on this meaning of providing drinkable in large quantities and according to them, it is not a perfect solution.

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Mesures urgentes à prendre au niveau énergie (fin)

Pour terminer mon grand dossier sur les mesures qui doivent être prises au niveau climatique et énergétique je vais m’atteler aujourd’hui aux transports et au nucléaire.

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New dams in Brazil ?

This question appeared lately in the US press notably in the New York Times. This happens as the local President is willing to stimulate economic growth. The current President of this large country, Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – also known in the media simply as Lula – is willing to build two dams

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