Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A school in France is showing the world how to use eco-friendly design to create much more than buildings.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 3, 2024

CEO of Siemens Smart Infrastructure France spotlights enablers connecting the real and digital world, with the net zero 2050 target in mind.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

French banks have financed $154bn to firms running biggest fossil fuel projects since 2015 climate pact France is Europe’s biggest supporter of “carbon bomb” extraction projects that hold enough fossil fuels to pump out more than a gigaton of CO 2 each, the Guardian can reveal.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The advantages of electric construction equipment are compelling—on paper—but the construction industry is conservative by nature, and companies will insist on extensive real-world testing before committing to major orders. The companies are resurfacing a street in Chevilly-Larue, France.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 27, 2024

But in the summer of 2016 there was little they could do to stop the French government from investing in what would soon become the most expensive power station in the world. All six trade union representatives on the board of Électricité de France (EDF) voted against a deal to build a nuclear power station in the UK.

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Nuclear Power Politics Government Investment 69

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

This effectively narrowed (but did not eliminate) the gap between laboratory and real-world emissions. The same applies to hybrid cars, whose real-world CO₂ emissions tend to be much higher than those recorded in the laboratory.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 4, 2020

The European Union’s two biggest economies, Germany and France, both supercharged their offshore wind ambitions this week. Germany already has the world's second-largest volume of grid-connected offshore wind (7.5 France’s homegrown strategy pays off. GE also makes its offshore wind turbines in France.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 19, 2024

Socomec, a global manufacturer of energy storage solutions, has launched the energy storage system (ESS) Grid Lab near Strasbourg, France, to develop technology for grid security, resilience and reliability. On-site generators allow the facility to simulate grids from across the globe, including different local voltage and frequency types.

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Charged

JANUARY 26, 2024

Veolia says it intends to expand the trial to a real-world pilot program using Westminster Council waste collection vehicles. Turbo Power Systems, Magnetic Systems Technology and Fuuse were partners in the project. Technology supplier Advantics provided support.

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Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Co-chaired by France and Ireland, meeting of ministers from around the world delivers mandates for IEA on membership talks with India, opening a regional centre in Singapore, launching a critical mi.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

Firms no longer permitted to promote petroleum and coal products and services in France under new climate law. Adverts promoting fossil fuel products and services have been banned in France, after a cornerstone of President Emmanuel Macron's green legislative agenda officially came into force yesterday. pic.twitter.com/HH2TjvNr4u.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 12, 2021

Five of the world’s 10 biggest companies by market cap are oil firms. Tenesol had two sites, with capacities of 50 MW (in South Africa) and 17 MW in France; it was acquired by SunPower in early 2012 — a few months after Total took its 60 percent stake in Sunpower. Today, France is catching up. It’s 2007.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The (not so) green recovery: New report warns world is failing to 'build back better'. The analysis, which looked at more than 3,500 fiscal policies across the world's 50 largest economies, finds that just 2.5 billion on hydrogen, the latter boosted substantially by major investment programs by France and Germany.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2023

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including a renewables record in Australia, offshore wind moves in Scandinavia, and France's short haul flight ban delivers

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Seabed interconnector linking Britain and France to allow trade of surplus green power enters testing phase. IFA2 is National Grid's fourth subsea interconnector cable running between Britain and Europe, and the second linking directly to France. The high voltage direct current cable is expected to help meet 1.2

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

The German auto giant is expected to be the world's largest EV producer by 2030. Germany and France are set to provide as much as €1.3 Northvolt's new loans came from a consortium of pension funds as well as commercial and public banks, including German development bank KfW and the European Investment Bank (EIB).

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Charged

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Under the first stage of the agreement, Sixt will order several thousand EVs, the first of which will be available to customers in Europe, beginning in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK, in the fourth quarter of this year. BYD and Sixt will also explore opportunities for cooperation in other regions of the world.

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Europe Automotive Electricity 110

Solar Industry

MARCH 8, 2024

The market is huge for solar cell-integrated roof material solutions that can be installed even on weaker roofs, which is the case in most of the world’s countries with roofs that do not have to withstand the weight of snow,” says Eric Jaremalm, CEO of Midsummer. “We

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

The case was brought by Milieudefensie together with six other organisations and 17000 co-claimants, and supported by millions around the world. (1). For example, in France, the oil and gas corporation Total is due to appear in court in a similar climate case. The judges ruled that this is necessary to stop dangerous climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Construction of the tokamak nuclear fusion reactor, in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, in Provence, southern France, in April 2018 (image credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory). Work so far has been closely integrated with the European Fusion program and in the development of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in France.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Combining in-person and virtual participation should be the best of both worlds. Clearly, the major plus is that those with busy schedules or facing company restrictions can attend online, present and participate without the need to travel and can join in from nearly anywhere in the world. Poster abstracts are also welcomed.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Emmanuel Macron has secured five more years as France's president, after winning more than 58.5 The centrist president has become the first French leader to win re-election for 20 years and this morning he again reiterated his commitment to bolder climate action, declaring that "making France a great ecological nation is our project".

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The French mining company Eramet and Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS) have inaugurated a new pilot project for the direct extraction of lithium from geothermal brine at the Rittershoffen geothermal heat plant operated by ES in Eastern France.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Reported from France today, geothermal and lithium group Arverne, created by former oil companies to take advantage of geothermal energy, enters the stock market today. We don’t talk enough about the subsoil, it’s missing in the world of green energies ,” laments Pierre Brossollet to explain his journey.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 25, 2019

Scientists from Southwest France warn world leaders at the G7 Summit that the spot they're standing on is succumbing to rising seas.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 22, 2023

France is the second largest market in the EU for pesticides, which have been found to harm biodiversity , soil health and human health. Bayer also told Vakita that it “will continue to partner with personalities interested in the issues and the future of agriculture in France”.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

The findings, laid out in a paper published on 3 May in Communications Biology , seem to offer fresh insight into how forests around the world might adapt to the increasing environmental stresses of climate change. in Mexico also contributed to the research.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 20, 2020

France's Total announced two significant wind deals in recent days, becoming the latest oil company to push into floating offshore wind as it builds on its existing momentum in the solar market. Windplus is behind the WindFloat Atlantic pilot off the coast of Portugal, which includes the world's largest floating turbine.

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GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 1, 2023

In some exciting news, France is going with the flow on tidal energy. This revelation, which was made by Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the Minister for Energy Transition, marks a significant milestone in France’s tidal energy sector. This undoubtedly solidifies its status as a true flagship project. MW turbines.

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Energy Energy Europe Politics 52

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In 2017, Equinor built what stands as the world's largest floating wind project, the 30-megawatt Hywind pilot project off Scotland. As it stands, France and the U.K. megawatt turbines for a trial off the coast of France. million per megawatt. That project required NOK 2 billion of investment ($223 million, or around $7.4

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Energy Monitor Technology Investment Europe 154

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The consortium hopes that North Sea Farm 1 will evolve into a blueprint for offshore seaweed farming the world over. The project is managed by a consortium of scientific researchers and partners from the seaweed industry, led by non-profit organisation North Sea Farmers (NSF), and is expected to become operational by the end of this year.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 19, 2021

INEOS, the world's third-largest chemicals company, will invest $2.3 The first green hydrogen plants will be built in Norway, Germany, and Belgium with projects also planned for the UK and France. Green hydrogen represents one of our best chances to create a more sustainable and low carbon world," INEOS Chairman Jim Ratcliffe said.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 3, 2020

Europe's previous largest project was the 300-megawatt Cestas, built by Neoen in the south of France. Iberdrola, among the world's largest wind generators, has a series of power purchase agreements (PPAs) in place for Núñez de Balboa. Completion is expected in 2022. Spanish solar rebound.

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Europe Investment Electricity Energy 187

DeSmogBlog

JULY 2, 2021

The case dates back to February 2019, when Grande-Synthe, a suburb of Dunkirk in northern France, alongside Oxfam, Greenpeace and the climate campaign group Notre Affaire à Tous, began legal action against the government for not meeting its national, European and international climate commitments.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 9, 2020

Utilities around the world will invest around $30 billion over the next five years to install more than 300 million smart meters, bringing many of the world’s most populous countries to full deployment but leaving other parts of the globe with relatively low penetration. billion by 2025, up from $97.4

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Investment Asia 203

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2021

Underpinning the high-level accuracy of their system is the company’s own library of waste images – seemingly the largest waste image data set in the world, holding over 2 million trained images and counting. And so it removes the need for manual waste pickers.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

There are still major differences in the amount of waste generated across the world, and how it is disposed, a finding confirmed by a 2022 Global Waste Index compiled by waste management technology firm Sensoneo to mark Global Recycling Day (18 March). ” Other findings of the World Waste Index 2022: ?

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