How the State argued no matter it prices the revival of the Gardanne biomass energy station | EUROtoday

The immense grey concrete chimney of slice 4 of the Provence thermal energy plant smokes within the blue sky of Gardanne (Bouches-du-Rhône). Since January 3, after an nearly white 12 months, the exercise of the most important French electrical energy manufacturing made with wooden biomass has resumed. By the grace of an settlement with the State signed in December 2024, the previous coal -fired energy plant transformed twelve years earlier has develop into worthwhile once more for its operator, Gazelenergie.

The firm, owned by the EPH group of the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, has arrange a website which employs round 100 workers, whereas the authorized cleaning soap opera round its working authorization, all the time disputed by environmental associations and the collectives of residents, continues. After a number of episodes earlier than the executive justice, which led the file to the Council of State, the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône quickly licensed the exploitation in April 2023, pending an accomplished influence research. Monday, May 5, a public inquiry was launched for one month in 16 departments. It goals to evaluate the oblique results of the picket provide of the ability station, almost 450,000 tonnes per 12 months, together with a 3rd imported.

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