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> Watch the ERN Video “Overflight of the Allier River upstream of the Poutès dam” Only since the second week of March it has been possible to turbine. Indeed, since the closing of the gates, the Allier had never exceeded the reserved flow (5m3/sec). According to EDF, the operating tests were positive. On March 15, […]
The Prefect of the Allier having rejected their appeal, 7 environmental associations supported by a large group of associations are taking legal action against the hydroelectric power plant project on the Allier at Vichy. They demand a thorough revision of the operating conditions to integrate environmental issues, in particular the safeguarding of migratory fish, especially […]
France: PUBLIC POLICIES TO SAFEGUARD THE LOIRE SALMON: A TOTAL INCOHERENCE! On the Allier, while EDF is completing work on the “new Poutès”, which will improve the situation of the salmon in the Allier, its own subsidiary, SHEMA, is building a hydroelectric power station that will perpetuate the negative impacts of the Vichy dam, which […]
A report released on 19 April 2021 by WWF shows that 935 river obstacles present a strong potential for removal in France. The study demonstrates the massive potential of barrier removal to restore free-flowing rivers in Europe. The report ‘The potential of barrier removal to reconnect Europe’s rivers’ analyses a sample of 30,000 barriers on […]
The work of the New Poutès on the Allier river has recently been highlighted in the french national medias. At first, an article, by Martine Valo, was published in the famous daily newspaper Le Monde on 25/02/2021, entitled “Le barrage de Poutès s’ouvre pour laisser filer vers l’Atlantique les saumons sauvages de l’Allier”. >> See […]
SHEMA (a subsidiary of EDF) plans to install and operate a hydroelectric power station on the Allier on the left bank of the Vichy dam-bridge. The project, still little known by the citizens, is sensitive because it will impact the Loire and Allier, a major axis of migration of the Salmon whose protection is at […]
The recent anniversary of the failure of the Malpasset dam (Fréjus-France) remind us how dangerous dams can be for human populations. It was 60 years ago but the drama is still fresh in people mind. On December 2, 1959, the Malpasset dam, under the effect of torrential rains saturating its capacity, released 50 million cubic […]
Photo : Copyright EDF Commission urges FRANCE to step up efforts to restore the ecological flow of the Rhine River The Commission is calling on Franceto comply with its obligations under EU law (the Water Framework Directive, Directive 2000/60/EC. The Commission urges the French authorities to improve the condition of the Rhine River on […]
Despite some interesting proposals made by France at the plenary meeting of the ICPR (International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine), held on 4-5 July 2019, the long series of promises not kept by France (and by EDF) continues … The great novelty is the proposal to restore ecological continuity by favoring the “loops” […]
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