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Energy management the answer to energy efficiency - Jan 2013
Lyusya Goncharenko – EAFES Cambridge University Sustainable Energy Summer School Delegate and Blog Contributor
High rates of growth in natural gas prices, high level of energy resource consumption, increase in the share of energy consumption in production costs, low fuel efficiency and significant emissions of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere – it all leads to finding alternative sources of energy, energy efficiency or developing methods of energy efficiency.
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How fixing the lifestyle problem can also solve the energy problem - Dec 2012
Olga Pavlowich – EAFES Cambridge University Sustainable Energy Summer School Delegate and Blog Contributor
Energy is everywhere around us and our life depends on it. Many people do really think that sources of energy on our planet are eternal, so we can keep calm and use as much energy as we can. But the real situation is far from being so. Now our planet is running out of oil and gas, so we must think about this problem and search for new sources of energy. Using sustainable energy is global problem, but in my opinion we can start solving it on local level.
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EITI in Ukraine:opportunities and benefits - Nov 2012
Roman Nitsovych – EAFES Cambridge University Sustainable Energy Summer School Delegate and Blog Contributor
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is an independent standard of transparency, supported at the international level. EITI philosophy is disclosure of payments from extractive companies and governmental revenues from actions related to the natural resources development.
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Pakistan: a caged tiger hunting for energy - Oct 2012
Michael Gerstmayr - EAFES Board Member and Blog Contributor
Karachi, widely unrecognized in the west, is estimated near to 20 million inhabitants. With more than twice the population of my home country Austria, this city is an example par excellence that Pakistan is brimming with life.
The population’s average age is as low as 20 years - typical for a threshold country – and you can feel this fact in the country’s potential and in the urge for action that can be sensed in every corner of the country.
Pakistan’s economy is not in perfect shape, but it’s rapidly growing and securing the country a place in the so called 'next eleven' club, which marks the nations with high chances of becoming the big players of the 21 century.
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Uranium from Niger; energy for France - Oct 2012
Nene Diallo – EAFES Cambridge University Sustainable Energy Summer School Delegate and Blog Contributor
Uranium from Niger; energy for France; pollution for local communities: contextualising a problematic tricycle
Uranium mining in Niger has raised various and significant environmental and political concerns in the Northern area of the country. Most of the Uranium produced in Niger is exported to France in order to sustain France’s electricity production. Whereas France enjoys electricity, local communities in Arlit and Akokan suffer from pollution, unemployment, health issues and sub-standard or non-existent education.
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