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Pictured (left to right): Emmanuelle Seyes-Breda: Head of NRJ Renewable department @ EDF-SEI Guyane; Jean Copreaux: Deputy of the CEO of EDF-SEI Guyane; Teddy Peponnet: CSG Renewable NRJ transition project manager at the Spaceport for ESA; Michel Debraine: ESA – Head of Spaceport Infrastructure office; Charlotte Beskow: Head of ESA Kourou Office.
Signature of the Energy Management Saving Protocols between EDF-SEI and industry in 2020.
In addition to the ‘greening’ actions adopted by ESA and CNES at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, industrial operators are playing a major role as well. In 2020, industry supported by ESA, implemented specific energy saving memorandums of understanding with EDF SEI, the local energy provider. These protocols enable them to collect energy rebates which will be reinvested for greater launchers competitiveness and carbon footprint improvements on site.