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Category Archives: Production
Would a nuclear phase-out lead to a « blackout » in Belgium?
Benoit Aubard, Senior Manager Energy & Utilities at Sia Partners, analyses in ‘Entreprendre’ the difficult situation that Belgium might face on the supply side of the electricity market with the possible closure of 3 nuclear power plants in Belgium towards … Continue reading
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Unconventional gas reshapes the Geopolitics and Energy map
“A slight ripple was escaping from it, a little noise, like a whistling bird. – Put your hand, you feel the wind … It is Grisou. “(Zola, Germinal).For the past two years, more than half of U.S. natural gas production … Continue reading
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Can Uranium be considered as raw material?
Uranium is not a mineral as the other ones and its market is quite particular: on one hand a low price for a long time sustained by high level of stocks and on the other hand a mining activity largely … Continue reading
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Time of Use
Time-of-Use (TOU), still experimental, is a pricing plan which offers a better rate for customers if they shift or reduce their electricity consumption at peak demand times. The consequences are on one hand for the distributors and generators, a better … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Mecanism, Production, Smart-Metering, Utilities
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Coal-to-Liquid: a possible solution for the post-oil era?
Today, liquefied coal or CTL (Coal-to-Liquid) causes a new wave of interest. Its liquefaction (gasoline, gas oil, domestic fuel) becomes interesting again, since it allows the production of a ton of oil equivalent around $45. The economical and social development … Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Production, Utilities
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Impact of rising cost of uranium on electricity
As for many other commodities, prices of uranium are skyrocketing.1000% is the total increase recorded for the last seven years. The pound reached 106 dollars at the end of 2007. Are there any causes for such a blow-up? Why such … Continue reading
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Are EU gas supplies at stake?
Since 1973, energy security has been playing a crucial role in the European policy. All this time, public concern was mainly linked to uncontrolled oil prices and consequences. But since 2006, gas regains some consideration when Germany started limiting its … Continue reading
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Product Lifecycle Management
Stronger customer expectations for innovation and quality, further globalisation in designing and manufacturing products, greater public awareness of environmental impacts boost the management of product lifecycle at the point to become a key element for differentiation among competitors. Product Lifecycle … Continue reading
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Wind Power: What impact on the European Grids?
Europe continues to observe a steady growth in wind generation: from 41 GW of installed power in 2005 to more than 67 GW in 2008. Although wind is a great resource for sustainable power, its unstable behavior is also making … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology, Mecanism, Production, Sustainability
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Gazprom vs Belarus – Sia Conseil’s point of view on Russia Today
Gazprom, the Russian state-owned gas monopoly, threatened to start halving its gas exports to Belarus from August 3rd in an attempt to force the country into paying debts. Europe, the main customer of the gas company, is observing carefully … … Continue reading
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