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Grayson Brulte: Creating Value at High Internet Speeds
It has been 66 years since John Walson Sr. invented cable TV in America. Today, about 100 million U.S. households pay for TV, according to research firm SNL Kagan, or approximately 85 percent of all...
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Ana Palacio: Europe’s Energy Essentials
At last month’s European Council meeting in Brussels, energy issues dominated the agenda — for the third time this year. Energy’s emergence as a focal point for European leaders makes sense, given...
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“Moon Power” is Here. First Subsea Tidal Power Plant to Go Live in France in...
Most people might still consider the idea of using tides to generate electricity as outlandish as a trip to the moon. But starting this year, the concept is quickly becoming reality. “We went to the...
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The French Connection: Why GE and EDF Click
French energy giant EDF is a well-known nuclear-power-generation company, but now it wants to diversify its energy mix by expanding into renewable energy. Antoine Cahuzac, the CEO of EDF Énergies...
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The Future of Science Is Big (Data) and Tiny (Nanoscale) – Interview with...
The head of the National Science Foundation discusses the promises and challenges of science and tech research, including the need to scale up the U.S. innovation ecosystem and make it more evenly...
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That’s So Nice: Electricity’s Digital Future Has Dawned On The French Riviera
The commune of Carros in the south of France straddles a leafy valley tucked away a short ride from Nice and the beaches of the French Riviera. Like much of Provence, the medieval town of 11,000 swells...
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The Temple Of Turbine: One of These Wind Turbines Can Power 5,000 Homes
The French port of Saint-Nazaire lines the northern shore of the Loire estuary as the river empties its muddy waters into the Atlantic Ocean. The city may not be large, but the 70,000 people who live...
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Here’s Why The Latest Guinness World Record Will Keep France Lit Up Long...
First the latest news from Guinness World Records: The world’s most efficient combined-cycle power plant started producing electricity near the village of Bouchain in northern France today. The plant’s...
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Ship Shape: This Floating Offshore Wind Farm Could Be The Future Of Renewable...
France generates three-quarters of its electricity in nuclear power plants, but that figure is changing. The country aims to generate one-third of its energy from renewable sources. Solar and wind...
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2 Largest Steam Turbines Ever Made Are Heading For The English Countryside....
The Arabelle steam turbine has a name befitting a European princess, but it’s anything but dainty. The machine—the largest steam turbine ever built—is longer than an Airbus 380 and taller than the...
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When Time Is Not On Your Side: This Paris Clinic Can Diagnose Breast Cancer...
The suburb of Villejuif in the south of Paris will never rival the Eiffel Tower as a destination site. Yet every day the brightly lit waiting rooms and cavernous hallways of the Gustave Roussy hospital...
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An Office With A View: New “Digital Foundry” In Paris Is Forging GE’s...
Ping-Pong tables and foosball aren’t the sorts of things people typically associate with a 124-year-old company that builds turbines for power plants and engines for planes. But they are part of the...
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Ana Palacio: Europe’s Energy Essentials
At last month’s European Council meeting in Brussels, energy issues dominated the agenda — for the third time this year. Energy’s emergence as a focal point for European leaders makes sense, given...
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That’s Powerful: GE Is Using Virtual Reality To Train Nuclear Engineers
Few places in the world are more secure than a nuclear power plant in France. Anyone who doesn’t work there full time, including maintenance engineers and field technicians, needs to get a security...
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Vive La Révolution Digitale: A Parisian Suburb Started Testing A Renewable...
The Jean Jaurès elementary school in the town of Rueil-Malmaison outside of Paris is full of French charm. Light streams into a room on the second floor through colored glass casting playful...
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The French Connection: Why GE and EDF Click
French energy giant EDF is a well-known nuclear-power-generation company, but now it wants to diversify its energy mix by expanding into renewable energy. Antoine Cahuzac, the CEO of EDF Énergies...
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The Future of Science Is Big (Data) and Tiny (Nanoscale) – Interview with...
The head of the National Science Foundation discusses the promises and challenges of science and tech research, including the need to scale up the U.S. innovation ecosystem and make it more evenly...
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That’s So Nice: Electricity’s Digital Future Has Dawned On The French Riviera
The commune of Carros in the south of France straddles a leafy valley tucked away a short ride from Nice and the beaches of the French Riviera. Like much of Provence, the medieval town of 11,000 swells...
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The Temple Of Turbine: One of These Wind Turbines Can Power 5,000 Homes
The French port of Saint-Nazaire lines the northern shore of the Loire estuary as the river empties its muddy waters into the Atlantic Ocean. The city may not be large, but the 70,000 people who live...
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Here’s Why The Latest Guinness World Record Will Keep France Lit Up Long...
First the latest news from Guinness World Records: The world’s most efficient combined-cycle power plant started producing electricity near the village of Bouchain in northern France today. The plant’s...
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