Tag: Energies
Relaunch of nuclear power in France: “If we don’t want coal, we must continue to use power plants”
From this Monday, March 13, the bill concerning nuclear revival must be debated in the National Assembly. Emmanuel Macron wants six additional reactors by 2035 and wants to launch studies…
US power grid targeted by domestic terrorists and far-right groups
A couple appeared on Friday, March 10, before American justice for having planned attacks on electrical installations around the city of Baltimore in Maryland. Brandon Russel, 27, and Sarah Clendaniel,…
Greenpeace accuses France of being “under Russian influence” on the nuclear file
Greenpeace said on Saturday March 11 that the French nuclear industry was “under the control” of Russia, via imports of natural uranium from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, ie more than 40%…
the port of Saint-Nazaire is at a standstill
Seventh day of mobilization in France against the pension reform and the disturbances continue. A third of TGV and TER trains run. The Paris metro remains very disrupted. Fuel shipments…
China wants to increase its coal production to ensure its energy security
While global energy-related CO2 emissions increased by a further 0.9% in 2022, reaching a new record of more than 36.8 billion tonnes, China announces at the opening this Sunday of…
In Angola, João Lourenço and Emmanuel Macron want to consider the post-oil era
Emmanuel Macron arrived late Thursday evening in the Angolan capital and must stay there for a few hours to meet with his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço at the end of…
World Ocean Summit, leading marine economics conference, opens in Lisbon
For three days, players in the marine economy gather in Portugal to find new solutions for protecting the oceans. The conference will focus on the impacts of fishing, transport and…
work on the country’s first photovoltaic power plant is progressing in Fungurume
The Katanga region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will soon be home to the country’s very first photovoltaic power plant, with a capacity of 46 megawatts. It is…
Try to save the planet with the exhibition “Energy, so Watt?”
Implementing the energy transition is one of the challenges of the coming years and decades to fight, or at least limit, global warming. In Paris, an interactive exhibition, original to…
The South African government takes over half of the debt of the electricity company Eskom
In South Africa, the Minister of Finance presented his budget for 2023 to parliamentarians gathered in Cape Town on Wednesday. And faced with an unprecedented electricity crisis, the South African…