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EDF relaunches the Cordemais coal-fired power plant conversion project

2022-05-03T11:25:06.757Z


EDF has relaunched the project to convert the Cordemais coal-fired power plant (Loire-Atlantique) to biomass and is currently carrying out tests to...


EDF has relaunched the biomass conversion project at the Cordemais coal-fired power plant (Loire-Atlantique) and is currently conducting tests to burn pellets there from next winter, the electricity group announced to AFP.

Following an announcement by the CGT, EDF confirmed on Tuesday that it had submitted a file as part of a call for expressions of interest (AMI) "

for the development of plants for heat-treated biomass pellets, primarily from wood

”, launched by the Ministry of Ecological Transition in February.

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Submitted on April 26 in partnership with the Paprec group, a specialist in waste treatment and recovery, EDF's proposal aims at "

the potential construction of a plant (for the production of pellets) on the Cordemais site

", a power station inaugurated on the banks of the Loire in 1970.

It is now up to Ademe (Environment and Energy Management Agency, editor’s note) to analyze this file, among all those it may have received, to then decide on the follow-up it will consider. to give to it

", specifies the group.

But "

without waiting for the potential commissioning of this plant which, if decided, would require a few years

", the group specifies that it is carrying out "

tests

" to "

be able to replace from 2022, part of the coal burned at Cordemais by pellets manufactured from biomass

.

"Coming into service in 2025"

It's a relief, a victory!

“, rejoiced Gwénaël Plagne, CGT union representative of EDF, who has been fighting since 2015 for this project to convert to biomass.

Last July, the management of EDF had showered the hopes of employees by announcing the abandonment of the project, because of its prohibitive cost and the withdrawal of its partner Suez.

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Meanwhile, electricity prices have soared on the European market and the French electricity system is under strain due to numerous nuclear reactor shutdowns, for maintenance and verification of corrosion problems.

The Cordemais power plant can "

have a role to play in securing the network in the years to come

", underlined Gwénaël Plagne.

According to him, construction work on the pellet plant could begin “

early 2023

” for “

commissioning in 2025

”.

This involves producing and replacing part of the coal with pellets produced from trimming, pruning or furnishing wood residues.

Source: lefigaro

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