The energy company, a user of the Seine, has renewed its support for the association for the development and protection of the river as part of the Salon of Mayors and Local Authorities which is being held until Thursday at Porte de Versailles.
James Cheron, president of the Seine in sharing, mayor (UDI) of Montereau-Fault-Yonne (Seine-et-Marne) and vice-president of the Ile-de-France regional council signed Tuesday, November 19, as part of of the Salon of Mayors and Local Authorities (SMCL), the renewal of the partnership agreement which links the association for the development and protection of the Seine with EDF, represented by Hélène Milot, director of regional action Ile-de- France and Fabienne Laure, territorial anchor manager of the Nogent-sur-Seine power plant (Aube).
“This partnership is part of a context of increasing environmental issues and political mobilization around the Seine Axis as well as key issues linked to the management of water resources and adaptation to climate change” , underlined Hélène Milot.
Sustainable energy career campus
“La Seine enshare, based in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, near the CNPE (Nuclear Electricity Production Center) of Nogent, is also a key player in the ecosystem around the Seine and the territorial anchoring of the CNPE in an interregional context of political support affirmed by the three Regions Ile-de-France, Grand Est and Bourgogne Franche-Comté in favor of the site's candidacy with a view to the possible establishment of future EPRs”, underlines the director of the action regional Ile-de-France.
Hélène Milot, James Cheron and Fabienne Laure. © Jgp
Christophe Donizeau, Ile-de-France institutional relations delegate, Christine Vion-Paillet, communications manager for the Ile-de-France Regional Action Department, and Hélène Milot with Christophe Béchu, mayor of Angers, on the stand of EDF. © Jgp
Hélène Milot also mentioned on this occasion the joint actions carried out by the energy company and James Cheron, mayor of Montereau, in charge of high schools and educational success in the Region, for the development of skills and training, particularly in the context of of the Sustainable Energy Careers and Qualifications Campus. The launch of this first interacademic campus (Créteil, Paris and Versailles), for initial and continuing training courses, from bac to bac + 8, towards energy transition professions, will take place on November 28.
Protection of water resources
Fabienne Laure recalled that this partnership with the shared Seine and its tributaries was part of EDF's water resource protection and management strategy, which in this case intends to go further than the simple ERC triptych. (avoid, reduce, compensate). The partnership with La Seine en shared takes the form of regular cleaning actions on the banks of the Seine carried out jointly. In addition to the Nogent-sur-Seine nuclear power plant, EDF operates equipment on the banks of the Seine in Montereau, where two fuel turbines (TAC) are in service, or on the former Porcheville thermal site. This partnership also reflects EDF's interest in river transport, and its desire to increase exchanges with other shared Seine partners (Haropa, VNF, Siaap or Seine-Grands Lacs).
