Greater Reims Has Renewed Its Trust in Veolia, Which Has Just Won the Contract to Operate the Reims Energy Recovery Plant
11 Dicembre 2017 - 8:30AM
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Entering into effect on January 1, 2018, this nine-year
contract is worth a cumulative €95 million for Veolia’s (Paris:VIE)
recycling and waste recovery business in France. Combining energy
recovery and environmental excellence, this project to improve the
Reims energy recovery plant will greatly benefit the
region.
Treating the 60,000 metric tons of final waste generated
each year by the Greater Reims population of
300,0000, this public service delegation contract maintains
the target of continuously improving the site’s energy performance.
This will be increased to 65% after works have been
completed.
As part of the contract’s renewal, €10 million will be devoted
to work on improving the facility’s reliability and its energy
efficiency resulting in an overall improvement to the energy
recovery plant’s total energy performance. As well is producing
heat energy, a new turbo-alternator will be installed to generate
more than 12,000 MWh of recovered electricity, that is the
equivalent consumption of more than 5,000 people.
The work will also reduce the site’s energy consumption and
guarantee its availability for supply to the Croix-Rouge
neighborhood’s district heating network. The facility will
comply with the major requirements of France’s Energy Transition
Law.
Carried out by VINCI in conjunction with Reims architects
LINGAT, the work will qualify for the “Greater Sustainable Reims”
label. Given all the improvements that will be made to the energy
recovery plant, it will become a green energy plant in its own
right, thereby reducing Greater Reims’ TGAP (French
tax on polluting activities) and delivering savings estimated at
€3.1 million.
With four certifications – ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001
(Environment), OHSAS 18001 (Safety) and ISO 50001 (Energy
efficiency) – the energy recovery plant is an example of
environmental excellence, which benefits, for example, from an
efficient flue gas treatment system guaranteeing discharge
levels below the most stringent European standards. Dioxins and
dust will be 40% below the European threshold. The studies
conducted by the local observatory for air-quality monitoring
(ATMO) have revealed that the facility’s emissions will have no
impact on the environment.
As a major industrial contributor to the region, the site is
also committed to creating an educational pathway in order to boost
residents’ awareness of the importance of sorting, recycling and
waste recovery. A series of innovative, entertaining and hands-on
workshops will help teach the local population the reflexes
required to reduce their waste production and their
environmental footprint.
At the same time, several measures will be implemented in
association with Reims Champagne-Ardenne University aimed at
encouraging local biodiversity. These will include the
creation of a planted discharge area irrigated with storm water
where fauna and flora will make the site additionally attractive. A
partnership has also been established with the LPO (French
ornithological society) to install a nesting ledge for the
Peregrine falcon on the energy recovery plant’s flue gas stack.
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Veolia group is the global leader in optimised resource
management. With over 163,000 employees worldwide, the Group
designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions
that contribute to the sustainable development of communities and
industries. Through its three complementary business activities,
Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available
resources, and to replenish them. In 2016, the Veolia group
supplied 100 million people with drinking water and 61 million
people with wastewater service, produced 54 million megawatt hours
of energy and converted 30 million metric tonnes of waste into new
materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris
Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €24.39 billion in
2016. www.veolia.com
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