Brazil’s main cities suffer 4 hour blackout
GenevaLunch News Power has been restored to much of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil after the two cities experienced four hours of electrical blackout. The power outage, apparently caused by...
View ArticleWind power gains ground in Switzerland (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 28 August GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – New wind turbines at Saint-Brais, canton Jura, will raise Switzerland’s total annual renewable energy power production to 17.5 MW, according to...
View ArticleRethinking World Bank’s African votes
GenevaLunch News GenevaLunch was among the many media organizations that touted the World Bank’s revised voting scheme 25 April, with a 3.13 percent increase in developing countries’ voting power. But...
View ArticleElectricity 8% hike called “unjustified”, current prices frozen
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s independent electricity authority, the EICom, said Monday 14 June that an 8 percent price hike announced by Swissgrid in May is...
View ArticleMom and Dad, no need for caveman camping! (video)
GenevaLunch News Telecom TV’s reporter Leila Makki has just put out a video with all the little gadgets you need, including an iPad and waterproof cases if you want to avoid caveman camping. So if...
View ArticlePower lines could be headed underground
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND – Several groups have fought power lines in Switzerland over the years, arguing against them for esthetic reasons, particularly in tourist areas. Now, as a group in...
View ArticleIrish leader berates Vatican, relations at “historic low”
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Ireland is reeling today after Taoiseach Enda Kenny tore into the Vatican Wednesday 20 July, “in language never before used by an Irish government leader,” as the...
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