Lorène Lavocat, reporter for Reporterre, carried out a survey on micro hydropower plants. At the beginning of March 2019, two interesting articles on the micro-hydropower plants that we invite you to read, as well as a passage in the show La Tête au Carré on the public radio France Inter!

> Listen to the radio show La Tête au Carré (March 8th, 19) by clicking HERE (french only)

> Article 1/1 : The multiplication of microbarrings threatens the last wild rivers , by Lorène Lavocat, (Reporterre, March 8, 2019) “Hydropower has been permanently installed in the French energy mix, but its promoters, touting” the most beautiful “electricities”, want to equip more rivers with micro-hydropower, much to the chagrin of associations for the defense of aquatic biodiversity. “ Read more (french only)

> Article 2/2 : In the Haute-Loire, the opposition goes up against projects of mini-hydroelectric plants,  by Lorène Lavocat, (Reporterre, March 9, 2019) “A storable energy, generated locally, without pollutant discharges … The micro-hydropower plants have serious assets. Which do not carry the adhesion of the associations of defense of the environment and the concerned inhabitants, as in Chamalières-sur-Loire or Chanteuges.” Read more (french only)