The government has decided to appeal after the cancellation of the prefectural authorization for the construction of a large power plant by the sea in Larivot, the Ministry of Ecological Transition announced on Friday, the day after the decision of the administrative court. from Guyana.
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Faced with the risk of delay of the construction site, the government has therefore decided, like the project leader, to appeal this decision to the Administrative Court of Appeal of Bordeaux, and to request the suspension of the execution of the judgment.
“, writes the ministry in a press release.
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On Thursday, the Guyanese court, seized by the associations France Nature Environnement and Guyane Nature Environnement, pronounced
the "cancellation
" of the prefectural authorization granted in 2020 to EDF, judging "
illegal
" the derogation granted to the ban on undermining protected species in this area.
The 120 MW project, planned to replace the current dilapidated and polluting EDF power plant, authorized to operate until 2023, is the subject of an intense political and legal battle between ecologists and supporters of renewable energies. facing EDF, supported by the government.
Contacted by AFP, EDF had already indicated that it was appealing.
The Council of State in favor of the project
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The government recalls that it is planned that the new plant will operate from its commissioning on liquid biofuels and not on light fuel oil as provided for in the initial project, deemed incompatible with the objectives of ecological transition of the territory
", he underlines in his press release.
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In July 2021, the summary judge of the administrative court of Guyana, seized by the ecologists, had expressed "
a serious doubt as to the legality of the decree
" prefectural which he had temporarily suspended.
But the Council of State seized by EDF and the State had canceled the decision of the judge in chambers, on February 10, 2022. The Larivot power plant would require the import of large quantities of agrofuel and the construction of an oil pipeline of 14 kilometers through the urban community of the coastal center (CACL) to transport them.
