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Gardanne Biomass Plant: French Forests at Risk

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Gardanne Biomass Plant: French Forests at Risk

The Gardanne biomass plant, in the south of France, is operated by GazelEnergy, owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. - photograph Nicolas TUCAT / AFP The vast public inquiry into the supply of wood to the Gardanne biomass plant, near Marseille, concludes this 6 June. It was the occasion for its operator, GazelEnergy, a subsidiary of the energy group of the billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, to spread vague words and lies in order to try to ju…Read Article

Gardanne Biomass Plant: Criticisms of FNE

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Gardanne Biomass Plant: Criticisms of FNE

France Nature Environnement (FNE) denounces the "dead angles" and inadequacies of the supplementary public inquiry into the biomass plant located between Gardanne and Meyreuil, belonging to GazelEnergie (*). Following a conviction by the Conseil d'Etat for insufficient initial public investigation, the supplementary public inquiry, opened from 5 May to 6 June, has for...This content is restricted for our subscribers!Subscribe from 24.99€ by mont…Read Article

CÉVENNES Gardanne Biomass Central: Gazel Energy's Collection Intentions Are Hard to Convince

Nearly 80 people attended the public meeting led by Gazel Énergie, under the auspices of the investigator's commissioner, Daniel Béraud • François Desmeures The meeting promised to be animated. But perhaps not tense to the point that the company Gazel Énergie was sending a cerbère with a threatening look at the background of the Alès project room, where the meeting was held, and that four members of the police forces were observing the exit of t…Gardanne · Gardanne Read Article

South African Coal Burned in the Gardanne Biomass Power Plant

Up to 10% of the fuel at the Gardanne biomass power plant consists of coal imported from South Africa, Reporterre has discovered. The facility had, however, claimed to have phased out coal in 2020. Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), correspondence This power plant claims to produce renewable electricity, but burned 18,900 tons of South African coal in 2022 and continues to use this type of imported fuel. Reporterre discovered this contradiction at th…South Africa · South Africa See the Story

Zóu Mai : Gardanne celebrates Provence as in the past!

Here Provence is a partner of Zóu Mai. On May 17 in Gardanne, dive into the heart of Provençal traditions: old crafts, dances, aioli, saynets, donkey rides... A great popular feast in the old center, for the whole family.Gardanne · Gardanne Read Article

The death of Roger Mei, former mayor of Gardanne

The former deputy mayor of Gardanne, Roger Meï, died Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the city which he administered from 1977 to 2020, for almost 43 years. Institutor of formation, he joined the French Communist Party (PCF) in 1961, becoming secretary of the Gardanne section. He was first elected general councillor [...]Gardanne · Gardanne Read Article

The Gardanne power station and its 800 million financing in question

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PARIS — In late November, a few days before being censured, Michel Barnier's government signed a contract with GazelEnergie for the operation of the Gardanne thermal power plant (Bouches-du-Rhône). The state then released €800 million over ten years to purchase the electricity produced by the plant. POLITICO has learned that this public financing was not notified to the European Commission. According to former ministerial advisers, this should h…Politics · Gardanne Read Article

VALABER: CITIZEN COMMITMENT HOUSEHOLD OF YOUNG PAPERS - Firefighters13

Several young firefighters from Bouches-du-Rhône were rewarded at a prize ceremony organized in Valabre by the Departmental Commission for Civics, Citizenship and Citizen Engagement on 25 April. Friday 25 April was held in Gardanne, on the site of the School of Civil Security of Valabre, a prize ceremony organized by the Departmental Commission for Civics, Citizenship and Citizen Engagement. The aim was to honour the young firefighters (JSP) who…Gardanne · Gardanne Read Article

Centrale de Provence: "a more serene development"

The Biomass Centre of Provence (formerly coal-fired), operated by GazelEnergie (Czech group EPH) on the communes of Gardanne and Meyreuil, is about to unveil itself during a very large public inquiry covering 17 departments (read our previous article). Camille Jaffrelo, the chief executive officer of the president of GazelEnergie, Frédéric Faroche, en...This content is restricted for our subscribers!Subscribe from 24.99€ by monthUnlimited access…Gardanne · Gardanne Read Article

Water that “smells like rotten eggs”: Gardanne, still polluted by red mud

The Gardanne alumina plant, known for its 50-year discharge of red mud into the Mediterranean, is partly responsible for groundwater pollution with heavy metals and hydrocarbons, Reporterre reveals. Gardanne (Bouches-du-Rhône), report Between Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, the Alteo plant is infamous for its toxic red mud: at least 35 million tons dumped between 1966 and 2015 at the bottom of the Mediterranean off the Calanques. For a (…) Read m…Gardanne · Gardanne Read Article