Energy Portal. Microsoft Word - Programme Colloque Energie 17 mai 2013 - hd_-_programme_detaille_pour_invitation-1.pdf. Bienvenue sur Le Cercle de l'Industrie | Le Cercle de l'Industrie. France | European Minerals Day. Explorez le monde des minéraux. Les matières premières minérales sont essentielles à la quasi-totalité des industries et à de multiples aspects de la vie de tous les jours. Du vendredi 24 au dimanche 26 mai 2013, les producteurs de minéraux et les industries liées au secteur organisent, dans toute l'Europe, de nombreux événements pour les riverains, les élèves ou les étudiants, mais également les pouvoirs les élus ou les médias. L'objectif de cette initiative ? Permettre à un large public de réaliser l’importance des matières premières minérales au quotidien et d'en comprendre les étapes de production, de l’extraction à la transformation.
Démontrer le rôle central de l'industrie européenne des minéraux et sa contribution au Développement Durable et Innovation en Europe, au travers notamment des multiples initiatives de protection de la biodiversité engagées par les acteurs du secteur. Venez nombreux explorer le monde des minéraux! Company: MI France (Minéraux Industriels France) Address: Organisers | European Minerals Day. Microsoft Word - European Minerals Day 2013 - for e-update.docx - European Minerals Day 2013 - calendar of events_1.pdf. Oil Companies abandon Solar and Wind Business. The decision by BP to sell off 4.6 GW capacity of wind power plants and projects in North America puts an end to an expensive dream to combine renewable with fossil energies that has cost BP some $ 6.5 billion since 2005.
Through their investment in 16 wind farms across nine US States, BP had become one of the big investors in wind energy world-wide. No other oil company had followed BP with a comparable zeal; Royal Dutch has already disposed of its wind parks,while TOTAL keeps no more than tiny investments in solar power. None of the US oil majors nor any of the state owned companies in Russia, China, Brazil or the Gulf have ever thought of undertaking major investments in renewable sources of energy. From a business point of view the sell-out is perfectly understandable and even overdue: Like most investors in wind and solar energy BP has lost a lot of money, which demonstrates that renewable energy continues to be dependent on subsidies.
Policy makers have to accept these realities. Who runs EU energy policies? The market Huge amounts of money, both private and public, are poured into EU energy policies. Two hundred billion euros is needed to upgrade Europe's gas and electricity grids over the coming decade, according to the European Commission's latest assessment. Overall, the Commission's energy strategy for the coming decade calls for investment of around €1 trillion to secure the bloc's energy needs in a sustainable manner. Most of this investment is private. To achieve the EU's climate goals, EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger recently called for capital investments in renewable energies to be doubled from €35 billion to €70 billion. The EU now has a dedicated climate commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, with whom Oettinger works closely. Oettinger and his team in the EU's directorate-general for energy will have their hands full to make sure that EU countries implement the Third Energy Package, adopted in 2009, by a 2011 deadline.
The players Learning from crises Flying the flag. L'Europe se tourne vers le gaz.