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Les Français chassent assez peu le gaspi

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:41:14 -0000

la température moyenne des logements est passée de 19 à 21 degrés entre 1986 et 2003. conso = 0,9 TEP/an (70% chauffage, 13% aux consommations spécifiquement électriques (éclairage, électroménager etc.) 10% à la production d'eau chaude et 5% à

Tags: data energy trend usages policy

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YouTube - 'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:04:59 -0000

A new, high resolution, interactive map of United States carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all where we thought.

Tags: map data carbon energy us

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Michigan, Ground Zero For Sustainability, Struggling To Develop Wind Power : TreeHugger

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:09:03 -0000

transmission is the largest hurdle to expanding wind capacity in the U.S. Much of the 5,200 megawatts of wind energy installed in 2007 was in remote rural areas that are poorly served by transmission lines

Tags: data research energy wind renewable

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California Wind Energy

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:04:37 -0000

map from the American Wind Energy Association shows isolated streaks of excellent natural wind energy potential in California

Tags: data map wind energy

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Department of Energy Creates Energy Star Criteria for Water Heaters : TreeHugger

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:03:36 -0000

ranked third in energy consumption in U.S. houses (behind heating/cooling and kitchen appliances) and represent 17% of total demand,

Tags: energy data policy us

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Onzo Energy Meter Displays Carbon Footprint : TreeHugger

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:46:32 -0000

Onzo joins kill-a-watt, EUM 2000, the home joule, the wattson, the powercost home monitor and others in the market for energy monitoring devices

Tags: energy data innovation design environment

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zeroHouse

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:41:11 -0000

illustration of prefab zerohouse modular concept

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Technology Review: Wind Power That Floats

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:47:54 -0000

the noise and jarringly high rotation speeds that made two-bladers a loser on land are either irrelevant or a plus offshore. Faster rotation, meanwhile, offers two benefits. Jakubowski says that the 30-to-35-revolutions-per-minute frequency, twice that of

Tags: wind energy renewable research

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Fuel made from coal ignites green row | Environment | The Guardian

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:40:52 -0000

If the oil price gets high enough then you can turn a Persian rug into diesel, but that doesn't make it a good idea," he said. "I can't imagine a more damaging fuel for the climate.

Tags: fuels energy carbon

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Hydrogen-powered plane takes off - BBC

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:43:11 -0000

During take-off the planes batteries were used to provide an additional boost, but whilst in the air, the plane relied entirely on the cells.

Tags: hybrid energy mobility

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GE's New Water Heater Could Kill 30 Coal Plants | EcoGeek

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:40:36 -0000

This new design is more than 50% more efficient than previous water heaters. If every home in America had one right now, we would need 30 fewer coal-fired power plants! Every home that installs one will see their yearly power bills drop up to $250

Tags: energy waste design policy

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Obama Says Climate Change Is Real, Will Hire Gore : TreeHugger

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:39:23 -0000

I'm already consulting with him in terms of these issues, but climate change is real. It is something we have to deal with now, not 10 years from now, not 20 years from now

Tags: us policy energy trend

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Technology Review: Wind Power That Floats

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:47:16 -0000

offshore wind resources on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts exceed the current electricity generation of the entire U.S. power industry

Tags: data energy renewable wind

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BBC - Radio 4 - Programme Libya's Desert Water

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:16:15 -0000

Inaugurated in 1991, the Great Man-Made River consists of 5,000 kilometres of pipes carrying 6.5 million cubic metres of water a day from desert aquifers to cities and farms on the coast

Tags: waste energy resource sustainabledevelopment policy

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Green Car Congress: UK Mineral Water Company Buys Modec Electric Van

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:05:02 -0000

a lithium-ion system from Axeon Power (earlier post). The initial Li-ion battery, which uses a Lithium iron phosphate cathode material, is rated at 51.2 kWh and provides a range of up to 70 miles on a single charge

Tags: mobility energy hybrid

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wwf report about plugged in cars - the end of the oil age

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:02:57 -0000

wwf report strongly endorses plug-in hybrids + electric vehicles as a way out of the oil age

Tags: mobility research policy innovation energy

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Biofuel boondoggle: US subsidy aids Europe's drivers | csmonitor.com

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:49:39 -0000

So rich is the US subsidy, however, and awash in biodiesel is the European market at present, that a third form of imported biodiesel is now reportedly hitting European shores – at US taxpayer expense. European biodiesel producers themselves are shippin

Tags: europe us policy fuels energy

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Solar America Cities

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:45:49 -0000

PALTRY funding "DOE provides hands-on assistance from technical experts to help Solar America Cities integrate solar technologies into city facilities and energy planning. Experts are available to assist S.A. Cities in streamlining local regulations

Tags: policy us solar energy renewable

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Company project - Torresol Energy

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:43:20 -0000

Torresol Energy will promote the construction of at least two Concentrated Solar Energy plants per year. In this way, the production base installed in 2010 will add up to nearly 320 MW and will come close to 1,000 MW in ten years time.

Tags: solar energy business trend data

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BrightSource to Build 500 Megawatts of Solar-Thermal Power in Mojave Desert : TreeHugger

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:26 -0000

These first three plants will add up to 500 megawatts of capacity, but PG&E has also signed contracts for options on an additional 400 megawatts, which could bring the total to 900 megawatts

Tags: solar energy data

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