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Dear Areva: Thank you for an eye-opening and educational experience
<!--break--> I have just returned from a unique ecotourism experience. Instead of visiting a wild place with a protected and isolated habitat, I spent a week in France touring industrial facilities that are actively producing emission-free fuels and power for a large, prosperous, and well-developed country. My trip was hosted by Areva... [read more]
Green VS. Green, Part 1
<!--break--> By Breakthrough Senior Fellow Siddartha Shome Denmark Dispute Greens tout Denmark as a renewable mecca, but Sweden -- powered largely by hydro and nuclear -- has a far less carbon intense energy mix. Here's a pop quiz. A, B, C, and D are four rich industrialized countries in Western Europe with similar living standards.... [read more]
EDF Q1 Sales Up To EUR21.9bn On Acquisitions
<!--break--> State-controlled French utility EDF, has reported sales of EUR21.9bn for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 4.3% compared to EUR21.03bn in the same quarter of prior year. According to EDF, this growth is due to a positive scope effect of EUR1bn, consisting primarily of the acquisitions in November 2009 of... [read more]
How not to implement a carbon tax
<!--break--> Photo credit pfala The decision by the French government to back down on plans to enact a carbon tax is very disappointing, and not a little puzzling. President Sarkozy initially said plans to introduce a carbon tax were a monumental act of the French Republic — a measure so important President Nicolas Sarkozy... [read more]
Israel seeks commercial reactor from France
<!--break--> Start-Up Of first commercial nuclear plant by 2025 (NucNet) Israel is proposing that its first commercial nuclear power plant start operations within the next 10 to 15 years, the country’s infrastructure minister told NucNet March 5th. Uzi Landau, Israsel’s Infrastructure Minister, (right) who addressed the... [read more]Areva posts 2009 financial results
<!--break--> Net profits are down 6% on higher costs from Finland reactor project Areva, the French state-owned nuclear giant, posted better than expected financial results for 2009. Net income for the year was EUR552 million compared to EUR589 million in 2008. The company provided guidance to stock analysts that it expects a... [read more]
France Pushes for Carbon Tax by July 2010
<!--break--> The French government is working towards implementation of a direct carbon tax by July 2010. France’s Constitutional Council struck down the first version of the carbon tax bill last 29 December. On 21 January 2010, the government proposed a number of amendments to the original legislation, which is aimed at... [read more]France & Brazil: A common call to climate change action in the Amazon!
<!--break--> <!--[endif]-->On Thursday, 26 November the presidents of France and Brazil came out with a joint statement that rich(er) countries must immediately boost aid for developing nations in efforts towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. They lauded this as an essential key to obtaining a viable agreement in... [read more]France in on satellite launch for climate change!
<!--break--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10... [read more]Windmill Proposal blows apart environmental groups in France
<!--break--> Mont-Saint-Michel, on the Normandy coast of France, is the sight of new conflict. The most recent battle is not in a medieval setting, but a modern struggle against two good, but opposed environmental causes. On one side are those who want to reduce carbon emissions by installing windmills. On the... [read more]
What’s Areva trying to hide?
<!--break--> Take a look at the full-page ad from Areva below. Notice the symbols: American flag, people at work doing who knows what. Notice the words that stand out: American clean-energy solutions, thousands of American jobs. So what two words are missing from the ad? In case you can’t read the text, here it is: AREVA is America’s... [read more]
France Announces $2.2 Billion Electric Car Charging Network
<!--break--> Inhabitat has a post on a French initiative to create a "Better Place" style network of EV recharging stations - France Announces $2.2 Billion Electric Car Charging Network.As the United States government continues to drag its heels on passing climate change legislation, it’s encouraging to see folks in Europe making... [read more]
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Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - Montreal
When: Sun, 2010-09-12 08:00
World Energy Congress - 2010
When: Sun, 2010-09-12 08:00
Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - New York City
When: Tue, 2010-09-28 08:00
GridWeek 2010
When: Mon, 2010-10-18 08:00
Siemens Answers. The Smart Grid Tour - Washington, DC
When: Tue, 2010-10-19 08:00
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