In terms of energy governance, each country has its own equation to solve, defined by the level of commitment of local authorities and municipalities, on one hand, and by the structure of the actors, more or less national and monopolistic, on the other hand. In […]
To approach the question of the financing of the energy efficiency initiatives cannot be made without making the difference between the possible actions. Have they all the same characteristics for whom has to finance them? The passive energy efficiency initiatives, aiming at a performance attached […]
In terms of reducing energy consumption, all communications and all past and current work focused on the results achieved in terms of energy savings. The purpose of this article is not to debate the credibility and relevance of a particular performance. It is necessary to […]
It is one of the key issues that cannibalized the debate on the energy transition in France. In many other countries, this question is just as much important. In what, can the emergence of Smart Cities enlighten this alternative? Let us put at first the […]
The notion of demand response sends back to us most of the time to the answers brought to the mechanisms of load balancing. These mechanisms, generally managed by the transmission system operator, can have several supports: adjustment mechanism, capacity market. They can give rise to […]
Digital projects sometimes raise question to the citizens: the intelligent meters for example. Others are well accepted: the quasi-generalization of the high-speed Internet access. What characteristic differentiates them so that the welcome, which is reserved for them, is so different while the associated objective risks […]
Today the district heating networks feed 10 % of the European housing. This figure hides important disparities; the percentage is higher in Northern and Eastern Europe than in Western and Southern European countries and in some big countries: Iceland (92 %), Denmark (61 %), Poland […]
The buildings of rented dwellings, private or public, present characteristics that are not, at first sight, favourable to the success of energy efficiency initiatives. In Europe, the structure of the rental market varies strongly from a country to the other one and influences the exposure […]
A micro-grid, a district heating network, are before any local initiatives, that are at the heart of the energy concerns of a Smart City. They allow defining an energy mix that is optimized for a limited perimeter, that presents a major, inaccessible interest on the […]
All Smart Grids (and Smart Cities!) initiatives seem to lead to Smart Metering. The object of this article is not to discuss the legitimacy of this assertion. But we notice easily that the deployment of smart meters represents a very important cost for the utilities […]
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