Offshore wind is an underappreciated clean electricity source that is very much in its early stages. To accelerate its development, Swedish company Vattenfal has hired famous actor Samuel L Jackson to prop it up. It’s the occasion for me to share some numbers on the global markets…
Video : Samuel L Jackson and the motherf*cking wind farms… Read More »
What better occasion than a summer-long heatwave to read climate fiction by your favorite author ? I read The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson and I absolutely loved it. Here are my thoughts on it.
Book review : The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson Read More »
A new UNEP points out to a very hard truth : we are collectively reaching and exceeding 1.5°C of global warming. Not all is lost however if we collectively rise up to the challenge and act on climate change. We now have everything we need to do end our reliance on fossil fuels…
The world is zooming by 1.5°C of warming. What next ? Read More »
Last month the European Union has unveiled a massive electrification plan that will save its 27 member states billions of dollars of fossil fuels imports, clean its air, create jobs and slash greenhouse gases emissions. This is an exciting new prospect.
European Union to double down on electrification, further cut carbon emissions by 2040 Read More »
La conférence de Santa Marta (Colombie) réunissait 56 pays en avril pour travailler à la fin des énergies fossiles. Une initiative louable et un but qui sera difficile à atteindre, tant notre monde dépend du pétrole, du charbon et du gaz à 85% pour son énergie.
Pourquoi la conférence de Santa Marta est d’une importance fondamentale Read More »
Some positive news for a change : it has been officialized last week that the European Union has cut its emissions by 40 percent between 1990 and 2024. Renewables and energy efficiency played major roles.
The European Union has slashed its greenhouse gases emissions by 40% since 1990 Read More »
A new scientific study has proven what we all suspected for the past few years : climate change has indeed been accelerating for the past ten years. Will our response catch up accordingly ?
Climate change is accelerating… Why are we not talking about this more ? Read More »
Retour personnel sur les troisièmes rencontres solaires de l’Est qui se sont tenues cette année à Mutzig, en Alsace. On y a parlé autoconsommation collective, stockage et nouveaux modèles économiques.
Retour sur les Troisièmes Rencontres Solaires de l ‘Est Read More »
For decades, access to electricity was either impossible or very expensive for billions of people. The current glut of solar PV panels produced in China is changing all this, bringing home and light to millions.
Developing countries are going all-in on solar Read More »
This is it ! Renewables have beaten coal as the first electricity source globally in the first half of 2025. Solar, wind, hydro and other renewables accounted for 34.3% of global electricity consumed during the first semester of 2025.
Renewables have beaten coal for global electricity generation Read More »
