“It’s nonsense”: in Haute-Savoie, a hydroelectric project suspended by environmental activists


The water intake of the Sallanches power plant, located a few hundred meters from a protected area. Sallanches municipal gas and electricity company

NARRATIVE – The town hall regrets a court decision preventing the commissioning of the plant. Estimated cost for the taxpayer: 18 million euros.

Ecology? I don’t know what that means anymore“. Georges Morand, the various right mayor of Sallanches in Haute-Savoie, is particularly upset. The city councilor does not hide his anger towards justice, which has just canceled the authorization of a brand new hydroelectric power station built on the territory of his commune of 16,000 inhabitants. A decision that apparently took everyone by surprise, in this postcard-like city, surrounded by mountains.

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