{"id":163582,"date":"2022-09-12T10:26:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=163582"},"modified":"2022-09-12T10:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:26:40","slug":"eiffel-tower-goes-dark-due-to-energy-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/eiffel-tower-goes-dark-due-to-energy-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Eiffel Tower goes dark due to energy crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eiffel Tower goes dark due to energy crisis: Iconic Paris landmark will turn lights off an hour earlier<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The monument is to go dark one hour earlier than usual to save energy\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0It is an example of reduction of city lightening in general as Europe is facing energy crisis\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>More French cities are planning to reduce night-time lightening\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Eiffel Tower is to fall dark more than one hour earlier than usual due to the energy crisis aggravated by Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The tower, a magnet for more than 7m tourists every year, is currently illuminated until 1am with the help of 20,000 flashing bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>But Paris city hall is expected to announce the monument will soon begin going dark at 11:45pm instead, both to conserve power and to send a message to French citizens about the importance of reducing their energy use in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/09\/12\/10\/62316031-11203451-image-a-2_1662975660451.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The monument is to go dark one hour earlier than usual to save energy<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a highly symbolic gesture \u2013 part of the growing awareness around energy sobriety,&#8217; Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Martins, the head of the tower&#8217;s management told The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in other French cities are also planning to reduce the night-time lightening of important sites.<\/p>\n<p>Monuments in Marseille including the Pharo Palace will will go dark earlier from the end of September to save energy.<\/p>\n<p>Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French minister for energy transition planned outlines last month to save the energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/09\/12\/10\/62316021-11203451-image-m-5_1662975732772.jpg\" height=\"566\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The tower, a magnet for more than 7m tourists every year, is currently illuminated until 1am with the help of 20,000 flashing bulbs<\/p>\n<p>She said steps include a ban on illuminated advertising at night, except at train stations and airports, and preventing stores from keeping doors open when air conditioning or heating is on.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the government is considering on fuel amid rising prices at gas stations. &#8216;In the medium term, we must support the French in their energy transition, but in the short term we must adapt to the reality,&#8217; Pannier-Runacher said, according to <span>Bloomberg<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Emmanuel Macron had urged French companies and people to perform on contingency programs for the duration of the summer time to prevent a tricky wintertime.<\/p>\n<p>Although France is fewer dependent on Russian energy than some of its neighbours, it has been hit by issues at its nuclear vegetation, which supply far more than 50% the country&#8217;s vitality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The EU is planning to reduce energy consumption over the next months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11203451\/Eiffel-Tower-goes-dark-energy-crisis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eiffel Tower goes dark due to energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":163581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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