Tag Archives: France
France makes it mandatory for new rooftops to accommodate plants or solar panels
September 11, 2015France has just done what pretty much the whole world should. A new law has been passed by the country that makes it necessary for new buildings and establishments to develop rooftops that either have a solar panel on them … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged France, Plants, Rooftop, Solar panels | 1 CommentFrench law requires all new commercial buildings to have green roofs or solar panels
March 26, 2015In an effort to increase its energy-efficiency quotient, France has just passed a law that requires every new building constructed in a commercial area to either sport solar panels or a green roof! A move like this will help the … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged France | Leave a commentFrance will now pay employees to cycle to work!
June 12, 2014We’ve always been flag bearers of bicycles, given the fact that these two-wheeled contraptions are the most energy-efficient and eco-friendly way of travelling in contemporary times. The French authorities agree with this and have decided to promote bicycle use in … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Bicycle, France | Leave a commentFrance plans a $14.2 billion offshore wind farm project
July 18, 2011Offshore wind farms are a promising way to fill up the grid with renewable energy indeed. Given the fact that these wind farms are located far out into the sea, they trap winds at faster speeds than they would on … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged France, Offshore_Wind_Farm | Leave a commentSolar powered gym burns away calories with renewable energy!
November 9, 2010At first, we thought we’d stumbled across a giant tank being built by the French. Well, it hardly is anything close to a tank. Turns out, this colossal structure is actually a gym building. Besides just giving off an illusion … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged France, Gym, Renewable_energy, Solar_Powered | Leave a commentTeam Polyjule’s car completes 4,414km on a single liter of fuel, a record breaker
May 21, 2010Fuel efficiency of a car could never get better than this. The car by Team Polyjule Polytech Nantes from France broke quite a few records with its astounding fuel efficiency, 4,414km on a single liter of fuel. The 2010 Shell … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged France | Leave a commentFrench electric car Lumeneo Smera to hit European roads early next year
May 18, 2009Lomeneo Smera is a French electric car that was first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008. The car, which is a bit like a modified rickshaw (Indian three wheeler public vehicle) especially with its tilted effect, will make … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Electric-Car, Europe, France, Lumeneo_Smera | Leave a commentWorld’s first power plant to use carbon capture storage technology
April 14, 2009Energy company Total has upgraded its existing gas-fired boiler with the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to make it the world’s first retrofit of a power plant, based in the south of France. This technology will help reduce emissions … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Carbon, France, power_plant, World's_first_power_plant | Leave a commentRecycling Aircrafts – A green take off from France
April 1, 2009As we jet set across the globe, most of us are ignorant about one distressing fact – The correct disposal of old, outdated aircrafts. While some of these old aircrafts are used for ground training purposes, many are left to … Continue reading3
Posted in Recycle | Tagged aircrafts, France, recycling | Leave a commentCash for ditching polluting cars in Britain
August 5, 2008Do you think Archie would trade his trusty old jalopy for new shiny wheels even if the government gave him £1,000 ($2,000)? Incentives and cash is what the British Government plans on offering its citizens to dump old fuel inefficient … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged Britain, France, Pollution | Leave a comment