The coal retirements have been driven both by economics - cheaper gas and wind - and also by a strong…
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Obscure and just in - a drone home from Canada: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/houseboat-intended-for-use-by-homeless-in-canada-may-be-used-here-430581.html
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At least 20% of the French reactor fleet without permit: http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/entreprise/edf-des-risques-sur-l-approvisionnement-pour-les-fetes-1059306.html machine translation: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbfmbusiness.bfmtv.com%2Fentreprise%2Fedf-des-risques-sur-l-approvisionnement-pour-les-fetes-1059306.html Repeated requests from the by the…
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Hi Craig, I am conducting research on the concept of energy poverty, with a focus on the effects of monopoly…
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Swiss Infosperber looks back: in 1999 the atom power plant in Leibstadt (now for sale for 1 Swiss Franc) was…
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"Thatcher got that one right" - James, as somebody that worked for one of the DNOs in the UK, pre-privatisation…
On Corruption stalls SA’s renewable program?
Island power replacing atom power: http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2016/11/12/frances-nuclear-power-loss-is-jersey-electricitys-gain/ There dozens of French islands connected to the mainland grid who are NOT allowed…
On EDF’s epic tale: lost in transitions ?
@ Mike Parr: " The reason for Hinkley is to keep Rolls-Royces nuclear team in business – they do the…
On EDF’s epic tale: lost in transitions ?
Neither France nor the UK are yet putting serious money into expanding their pumped hydro capacity. This stuff has a…
On Swiss try to give away nuclear plants, find no taker
Eskom is a old-fashioned silo monopoly utility. Its opposition to renewables is as predictable as that of Nevada Power and…
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