Entangled in a legal battle, the project had fallen far behind schedule. Opponents of the project have tried to have the ministerial decree authorizing its exploitation annulled.
The power plant powered by TotalEnergies gas in Landivisiau, Finistère, disputed for ten years by environmental associations, will be commissioned on Thursday, we learned on Wednesday from the alternative energy supplier. “The commercial commissioning of the Landivisiau power plant is scheduled for this Thursday, March 31“, told AFP the group. “The plant has been operational since this winter when, during and in parallel with the last tests, it was able to support the Breton electricity network“, specified the same source.
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This natural gas combined cycle power plant uses a turbine fueled by natural gas to produce electricity, the combustion of which with the oxygen in the air drives an alternator. The recovery of the heat from the combustion gases exiting the turbine also produces steam. This steam drives a turbine which, coupled to the same alternator, in turn produces electricity.
A power station for supplying Brittany
With no nuclear power plant, Brittany only produces around 10% to 15% of the electricity consumed there and imports most of it from neighboring regions. To remedy this situation, a Breton Electric Pact concluded in 2010 provided for new sources of electricity production, including the 400 megawatt Landivisiau power station, built by Siemens. “The plant is necessary to secure the electricity supply of the Breton peninsula“, reiterated Wednesday TotalEnergies.
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Entangled in a legal battle, the project had taken a long time: the plant was initially to be commissioned in the winter of 2016-2017. Opponents of the project had notably tried to have the ministerial decree of January 10, 2013 authorizing TotalEnergies to operate such a plant cancelled. They highlighted in particular the presence of a protected species, the Quimper snail, on the selected site, while evoking a project “useless” and “expensive“.
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