Le Figaro Bordeaux
After a year 2022 marked by a loss of 17.9 billion euros, linked to the fall in production of the French nuclear fleet, the year 2023 was a very good year for EDF, with a record net profit of 10 billion euros. euros.
In New Aquitaine, the region producing the most photovoltaic electricity, the public company has launched numerous innovative projects in 2023 in order to develop a
“low-carbon energy mix”
, and does not intend to stop there.
In 2023, the Blayais nuclear power plant, in Gironde, produced
“in a safe and flexible manner 18.4 billion kWh of low-carbon electricity”
, details EDF, or
“the equivalent of two thirds of New -Aquitaine
.
Numerous projects have also been developed around renewable energies: a 5.7 hectare solar power plant was installed near the Civaux nuclear power plant and the first French agrivoltaic demonstrator on vines, Vitisolar, was created in Gironde.
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A solar power plant on a former oil depot
In 2024, the region's seven wind farms and 22 solar power plants
“will be expanded”
with the construction of new wind farms and solar power plants in several departments in the region, the company announces.
In Gironde, EDF is piloting, with the Grand Maritime Port of Bordeaux,
“a solar power plant project in Verdon-sur-Mer, a new symbol of the energy transition since it is installed on a former oil depot”
.
EDF is also strengthening
“its 62 hydraulic dams throughout the region while continuing its work with local stakeholders for the sharing and good use of water”
, hydroelectricity being the leading source of renewable energy in France. .
Through its subsidiary Dalkia, EDF also explains that it is acting
“to decarbonize the territories”
, in particular by setting up biomass heat networks.
The biomass boilers installed at the University of Bordeaux thus make it possible
to “avoid nearly 400 tonnes of CO2”
.
In the Bordeaux metropolis, the Mérignac nautical stadium, a preparation center for athletes for the Olympic Games, is powered by geothermal energy.
For its future projects, the group is recruiting more than 800 people in 2024,
“across the region to build a CO2 neutral future”
.