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France's electric car push presents power grid challenge
2013-03-26 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: France's power grid, already under strain at peak periods, could struggle to cope if growing numbers of electric car owners all recharge their batteries when they sit down for dinner, power sector executives say. Renault launched its long-awaited electric car Zoe in France this month at a price on a par with petrol peers, making it the first electric vehicle with mass-market potential. The government, meanwhile, has been encouraging the technology with generous subsidies. But this comes in...
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Can France's 'so-called workers' still compete on the world stage?
2013-03-02 09:48:42| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
France's Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg meets with EU officials in Brussels last month to discuss a plan to close ArcelorMittal plants.
VIDEO: France's sixth-biggest city? It's London!
2013-02-11 12:33:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The relationship between France and Britain has been complicated over the years - moving from enemies to allies - with a current thawing between Paris and London.
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Frances Ecotechnologies invests 10M in hydrogen storage company McPhy
2013-01-20 15:30:22| Green Car Congress
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France's EDF launches its first wind farm in Poland
2013-01-03 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: French power company EDF has launched its first wind farm in Poland, a 48 megawatt (MW) facility located in the northern part of the country, the firm said on Thursday. The utility's unit, EDF Energies Nouvelles, bought the Linowo windfarm last year to strengthen its position in the coal-dependant European Union nation looking to boost the share of renewables in its energy supplies. Poland has around 2,000 MW of installed wind energy, representing more than 5 percent of the power system's total...
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