Greater Reims Has Renewed Its Trust in Veolia, Which Has Just Won the Contract to Operate the Reims Energy Recovery Plant

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News:

Entering into effect on January 1, 2018, this nine-year contract is
worth a cumulative €95 million for Veolia’s (Paris:VIE) recycling and
waste recovery business in France. Combining energy recovery and
environmental excellence, this project to improve the Reims energy
recovery plant will greatly benefit the region.

Treating the 60,000 metric tons of final waste generated each
year by the Greater Reims population of 300,0000, this
public service delegation contract maintains the target of continuously
improving the site’s energy performance. This will be increased to 65%
after works have been completed.

As part of the contract’s renewal, €10 million will be devoted to work
on improving the facility’s reliability and its energy efficiency
resulting in an overall improvement to the energy recovery plant’s
total energy performance. As well is producing heat energy, a new
turbo-alternator will be installed to generate more than 12,000 MWh
of recovered electricity, that is the equivalent consumption of more
than 5,000 people.

The work will also reduce the site’s energy consumption and guarantee
its availability for supply to the Croix-Rouge neighborhood’s
district heating network. The facility will comply with the major
requirements of France’s Energy Transition Law.

Carried out by VINCI in conjunction with Reims architects LINGAT, the
work will qualify for the “Greater Sustainable Reims” label. Given all
the improvements that will be made to the energy recovery plant, it will
become a green energy plant in its own right, thereby reducing
Greater Reims’ TGAP (French tax on polluting activities) and
delivering savings estimated at €3.1 million.

With four certifications – ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001
(Environment), OHSAS 18001 (Safety) and ISO 50001 (Energy efficiency) –
the energy recovery plant is an example of environmental excellence,
which benefits, for example, from an efficient flue gas treatment
system guaranteeing discharge levels below the most stringent
European standards. Dioxins and dust will be 40% below the European
threshold. The studies conducted by the local observatory for
air-quality monitoring (ATMO) have revealed that the facility’s
emissions will have no impact on the environment.

As a major industrial contributor to the region, the site is also
committed to creating an educational pathway in order to boost
residents’ awareness of the importance of sorting, recycling and waste
recovery. A series of innovative, entertaining and hands-on workshops
will help teach the local population the reflexes required to reduce
their waste production and their environmental footprint.

At the same time, several measures will be implemented in association
with Reims Champagne-Ardenne University aimed at encouraging local
biodiversity. These will include the creation of a planted discharge
area irrigated with storm water where fauna and flora will make the site
additionally attractive. A partnership has also been established with
the LPO (French ornithological society) to install a nesting ledge for
the Peregrine falcon on the energy recovery plant’s flue gas stack.

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Veolia group is the global leader in optimised resource
management. With over 163,000 employees worldwide, the Group designs and
provides water, waste and energy management solutions that contribute to
the sustainable development of communities and industries. Through its
three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to develop access
to resources, preserve available resources, and to replenish them. In
2016, the Veolia group supplied 100 million people with drinking water
and 61 million people with wastewater service, produced 54 million
megawatt hours of energy and converted 30 million metric tonnes of waste
into new materials and energy. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris
Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €24.39 billion in 2016. www.veolia.com

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