GenevaLunch » energy http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Solar Impulse flying over Jura, France en route to Moroccohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 08:23:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70486 GenevaLunch.com Solar-powered plane makes first intercontinental flight, must pass over Pyrenees LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse, the elegant airplane powered only by solar cells, left Payerne shortly before 08:30 Thursday 24 May, and headed towards the Jura and into France. Pilot André Borschberg expects to land this evening, after midnight, at Madrid Barajas Airport where the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/feed/ 0 Next industrial renewal is US, forecasts energy traderhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/25/next-industrial-renewal-is-us-forecasts-energy-trader/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/25/next-industrial-renewal-is-us-forecasts-energy-trader/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:38:51 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=69446 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The United States is where the world’s next economic and industrial boom may occur, says Daniel Jaeggi, co-founder of Geneva-based energy trading firm Mercuria. Jaeggi was speaking at a two-day commodities conference in Lausanne 24 April. His privately held firm trades approximately one million barrels of crude oil a day. Jaeggi encouraged [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/25/next-industrial-renewal-is-us-forecasts-energy-trader/feed/ 0 Federal gov’t takes Muehleberg nuclear plant case to supreme courthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/federal-govt-takes-muehleberg-nuclear-plant-case-to-supreme-court/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/federal-govt-takes-muehleberg-nuclear-plant-case-to-supreme-court/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68100 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport and Energy (Detec) is asking the Swiss supreme court to rule on the closing of the Muehleberg nuclear power plant, it said Wednesday evening 21 March. The Federal Administrative Court ruled two weeks ago that the plant must be closed, a ruling at odds with [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/21/federal-govt-takes-muehleberg-nuclear-plant-case-to-supreme-court/feed/ 0 WWF faces off with Bern over energy certificateshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:03:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65369 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is turning to energy certificates from outside the country to make its CO2 quota for 2008-2012, and environmental group WWF is not happy about it. The Swiss Federal Council announced Tuesday 17 January that it is signing a new contract with the Climate Cent Foundation to increase its engagement by one [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/18/wwf-faces-off-with-bern-over-energy-certificates/feed/ 0 EPFL to set up energy, chemistry branch in Valaishttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65118 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s federal polytechnic institute, EPFL and canton Valais signed an agreement of intention Tuesday 10 January in Sion to establish a branch of the school in canton Valais, most likely in Sion but working closely with a number of existing services throughout the canton. A formal agreement and plans will be [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/feed/ 0 Geneva’s lakefront lights win national energy prizehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/05/genevas-lakefront-lights-win-national-energy-prize/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/05/genevas-lakefront-lights-win-national-energy-prize/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:10:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64968 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva was one of the top winners in the sixth annual Swiss government Watt d’Or programme to recognize energy-saving initiatives. It was honoured 4 January as the winner of the energy technologies category for its new LED strings of lights along the Lake Geneva waterfront. The waterfront area has been lit up [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/05/genevas-lakefront-lights-win-national-energy-prize/feed/ 0 WWF wins twice, with wolves and windmillshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:55:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64704 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – WWF Switzerland is counting two environmental battles won this week. Its fight to see Valais respect the Bern International Treaty that covers the protection of wolves, an endangered species, resulted in a decision by the Sion district tribunal 13 December to condemn former cantonal councilor Jean-René Fournier to 60 days community service, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/15/wwf-wins-twice-with-wolves-and-windmills/feed/ 0 Swiss spend more on food than on taxeshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-spend-more-on-food-than-on-taxes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-spend-more-on-food-than-on-taxes/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:08:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63575 GenevaLunch.com Insurance was 8.4% in 2009, but cost has risen for past 2 years BERN, SWITZERLAND – Average disposable household income in Switzerland in 2009 was CHF6,650 a month, with 13 percent of that, CHF1,185, going for food, beverages and restaurants. Housing and energy together made up the largest household budget item, CHF1,495 a month. Transport [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/swiss-spend-more-on-food-than-on-taxes/feed/ 0 Swiss Post’s famous yellow vehicles get green tinthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/22/swiss-posts-famous-yellow-vehicles-get-green-tint/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/22/swiss-posts-famous-yellow-vehicles-get-green-tint/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:29:31 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61723 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Post buildings and vehicles are about to shift firmly into ecology gear, with the group’s announcement that all of its letter delivery scooters will soon be electric and 20 of its premises will see photovoltaic systems installed on their rooftops. The group has until now relied on hydroelectric and wind power. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/22/swiss-posts-famous-yellow-vehicles-get-green-tint/feed/ 0 Lighting up (a room) more complicated with new Swiss bulbshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/lighting-up-a-room-more-complicated-with-new-swiss-bulbs/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/06/lighting-up-a-room-more-complicated-with-new-swiss-bulbs/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:37:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61269 GenevaLunch.com WWF shines a light on the new bulbs, with old ones disappearing next year ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The WWF conservation group is giving us a helping hand four months before the shock sets in of discovering you can’t just replace your old light bulb with the same thing. Switzerland in the autumn of 2012 will [...]

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