Inside ITER: Building the World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Device for Clean Energy

2023-12-19 20:33:28 We go behind the scenes of the world’s largest nuclear fusion device, which attempts to harness the energy from the reaction that powers the Sun and stars. ADVERTISEMENT In the heart of Provence, some of the brightest scientific minds on the planet are paving the way for what is considered the largest and … Read more

New price of electricity: what consequences for individual bills?

2023-11-14 21:48:51 No less than three ministers – Bruno Le Maire for the Economy, Agnès Pannier-Runacher for the Energy Transition and Roland Lescure for Industry -, accompanied by Luc Rémont, the CEO of EDF, gathered this Tuesday morning in Bercy to present the new electricity price regulation system, which guarantees a price of around 70 … Read more

“Each time, we had to re-explain everything”: obtaining aid to renovate your home, a hassle

2023-10-30 10:46:27 This is at the heart of the ecological planning desired by the President of the Republic. During the presentation of his vast plan at the end of September, Emmanuel Macron insisted on the importance of the housing renovation component to achieve the objective set by France of reducing its CO2 emissions by 55% … Read more

Global Solar Power Breaks Records: Meeting 57% of EU Needs in 2023

2023-06-14 10:01:05 After another record year, global solar power will produce enough electricity to meet 57% of EU needs in 2023. Solar installations soared 49% globally last year, according to a new report. The increase to 118 billion watts (gigawatts or GW) of rooftop panels was enough to power an additional 36 million homes worldwide, … Read more

Algeria able to initiate a “smooth” transition to renewable energies

2023-05-07 17:50:03 DJELFA – Specialists in the field of renewable energies and applied automation affirmed, during the work of an international conference hosted on Sunday by the “Ziane Achour” University of Djelfa, that Algeria had assets allowing it to bet on a “fluid” transition towards the exploitation of renewable energies. The experts assured on the … Read more

“Energy Transition Sparks Potential International Trade War Over Critical Minerals, Says Recent Report”

2023-04-18 14:58:00 Will the energy transition trigger an international trade war in the coming years? wonders the Tribune in one of its recent publications on its website. The newspaper indeed indicates that the risk exists, even if it is limited. “The need to secure the supply of mineral resources and strategic metals (such as lithium, … Read more

Germany should double its fleet

Go quickly. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz inaugurated the second floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Lubmin on the Baltic Sea on Saturday January 14. Operated by TotalEnergies, this ship has an annual regasification capacity of 5 billion cubic meters, enough to cover around 5% of German demand. In mid-December, Olaf Scholz … Read more