Thursday, October 06, 2022

CERN to implement additional energy-saving measures for 2022–2023

One of the world's preeminent physics research facilities in Geneva, Switzerland has to reduce its operation due to high energy prices! Let this sink in!

It is one thing to curtail the lighting on the Eiffel Tower, but to slow down scientific advances?

"... The 2022 year-end-technical stop (YETS) will start on 28 November, two weeks earlier than initially planned, and the operation of the accelerator complex will be reduced by 20% in 2023. Plans have also been developed with the French electricity supplier, Électricité de France (EDF), for reduced-power configurations to cope with possible load shedding in the coming months. ..." 

CERN to implement additional energy-saving measures for 2022–2023 | CERN

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