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• Energy sources

  • Oil and gas
    • Oil and gas deposits
    • Formation of deposits
    • Hydrocarbon migration
    • Hydrocarbon entrapment
    • Exploration : the search for oil and gas deposits
    • Oil deposit location
    • Pre-drilling surveys
    • How drilling works
    • After drilling
    • Producing oil and gas
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine about oil production
    • Starting up production on a deposit
    • Deposit life cycle
    • Transporting hydrocarbons
    • Transport by sea
    • Transport by land
    • Storing hydrocarbons
    • Trading
    • Refining
    • Oil logistics
    • Stakeholders
    • Oil and gas institutions
    • The different types of oil company
  • Coal
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine about coal
    • The formation of coal
    • Extracting coal
    • Coal - a resourceful fuel
  • Nuclear
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine about nuclear power
    • Radioactivity and energy
    • From uranium to fuel
    • Inside a reactor
    • Radioactivity and its effects on the population
  • Sun
    • Photovoltaic collectors
    • Total’s Solar Energies actions in France
    • Thermal collectors
    • Solar furnaces
    • Thermodynamic solar power plants
  • Water
    • A hydroelectric power plant
  • Wind
    • How a wind turbine works
  • Geothermal power
    • What is geothermal power?
    • Geothermal heating
    • Geothermal electricity
  • Biomass
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET "La Recherche" magazine - biomass
    • Wood energy
    • Biofuels
  • Waste recovery
    • Recycled materials
    • Incineration : the heating power of refuse
    • Methanization, biogas in our waste
  • Find all booklets La Recherche magazine

• Energy and the environment

  • Global warming
    • Meet an IPCC expert
    • RIO+20
    • The signs of global warming
    • The causes of global warming
    • Global warming has serious consequences
    • Global warming : state responses
  • Other environmental risks
    • Gas leak in the North Sea
    • From energy production to consumption
    • Learning from industrial accidents
    • Understanding black tides with Cedre
  • Answers and solutions
    • Energy efficiency
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine - Energy efficiency
    • Did you say energy efficiency?
    • Energy efficiency : key sectors
    • Capturing and storing CO2
    • Carbon capture, transport and storage
    • Improving technologies to capture and store CO2
    • Other solutions to capture and store CO2

• Everyday energy

  • Energy statistics
    • Pricing energies
    • How are fuel prices set?
    • Focus on value units of energies
  • Saving energy
    • Going green
    • My House for my Future
    • Saving energy on a daily basis : what can I do as an individual ?
    • Making better use of energy and reducing energy loss
  • New uses
    • Solar energy – why and how?
    • Solar energy becomes more accessible
    • Use of photovoltaic worldwide
    • The future of solar energy
    • Overview of green fuels
    • Biofuels: a user guide
    • Green driving
    • New biofuels
    • Developing biofuels: obstacles to be overcome
  • Who is producing, who is consuming?
    • Who is producing, who is consuming oil ?
    • Who is producing, who is consuming gas ?
    • Who is producing, who is consuming coal ?
    • Who is producing, who is consuming nuclear ?
    • Renewable energy
    • Solar energy, promising development
    • Water-based energy production
    • Wind power, an upcoming energy source
    • Geothermal power, energy from underground
    • Biomass - an energy source that uses wood
    • Biogas, a growing energy source in Europe
    • Biofuels fill up
  • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine about power grids
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine about power grids

• The energy of tomorrow

  • The energy mix
    • The energy mix : definition
    • The energy mix confronted with new energy challenges
  • Overview
    • Overview: the energy route
  • The future for current energy sources
    • Oil and gas - still indispensable
    • New oil finds
    • Shale gas
    • Oil sands : a response to the depletion of oil reserves ?
    • The place of coal in the energy mix of tomorrow
    • Does nuclear energy offer a solution to global warming ?
    • Renewable energy
    • Solar energy - energy with a future
    • The hydropower of tomorrow
    • The future of wind energy
    • The future of geothermal power
    • The future of biomass
    • The future of energy derived from waste recycling
    • Biofuels
  • Future paths
    • A SPECIAL BOOKLET La Recherche magazine - storing electricity
    • Solar aviation
    • Hydrogen, the energy flow of tomorrow?
    • How is hydrogen made?
    • Is hydrogen the energy of tomorrow?
    • Nuclear fusion, energy from the stars to be developed
    • How does nuclear fusion work?
    • What future for nuclear fusion ?
    • The energy of the oceans
    • The energy of tides
    • The energy of waves
    • The energy of sea currents
    • The thermal energy of the oceans

• See also

  • Publications
  • Life at Planète Energies
  • Glossary
  • AFP news