2023-12-06 15:28:45 Shidaowan high-temperature gas-cooled reactor nuclear power plant, China, December 2023. SUN WENZHAN /XINHUA / MAXPPP On Wednesday, December 6, China commissioned the world’s first so-called fourth-generation nuclear power plant, a major step forward for the Asian giant in the race for the reactors of the future. The Shidao Bay power plant, located in … Read more
2023-11-24 03:30:11 Liberalization transformed the duo into a trio. This shows that the French electricity and gas markets remain highly concentrated. Three companies, in fact, still have “around 90% of market share “, according to a report from the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) for the period 2020-2022, published on November 7. And this, despite the … Read more
2023-11-25 07:19:48 During a demonstration against poverty and climate change, on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, in Marrakech (Morocco), October 12, 2023. FADEL SENNA / AFP At the last annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which hosted ministers and … Read more
2023-11-23 17:30:04 Technicians work on the electricity distribution network that runs throughout the village of Idadjo, in the Collines department, central Benin, in June 2023. ARSÈNE ZOUNEME/THE SUN OF BENIN Just one year ago, at the end of 2022, the village of Okouta-Ossé, in west-central Benin, plunged into almost complete darkness at nightfall. Only a … Read more
2023-11-22 10:37:47 “Black Friday” at a store in Nantes, France, on November 21, 2023. STÉPHANE MAHÉ / REUTERS The Commerce Alliance is not letting up. On Tuesday, November 21, this federation requested the immediate withdrawal of the “Let’s save our resources” campaign, at the initiative of the Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe). “This campaign … Read more
2023-11-21 02:09:41 The fifth meeting of the “Compact with Africa” initiative, launched by Germany within the G20, was held on Monday in Berlin. It brought together the thirteen African countries that are members of this project as well as three others who wish to become members. During this meeting, there was a lot of talk … Read more
2023-11-08 10:09:24 In Stanton (Texas, United States), June 8, 2023. SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP BlackRock has a problem with Texas. In this Republican stronghold, the world’s leading financier is seen as a woke company, the ultimate insult. A hatred that has grown stronger over the course of the group’s positions in favor of more responsible … Read more
2023-11-06 17:00:05 Emmanuel Macron and the President of Uzbekistan, Chavkat Mirzioiëv, in Samarkand, November 2, 2023. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP Quite a symbol. Thursday, November 2, at the time of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Uzbekistan, the Orano mining group announced that it had extracted its first 350 kilograms of uranium from the Uzbek … Read more