Gardanne coal-fired power station -

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About a hundred jobs cut in Gardanne.

The job protection plan submitted by the Gazel Enegie group was validated by the Direccte, after having been rejected for the first time, which resulted in the loss of 98 jobs at the Gardanne plant, in the Bouches-du -Rhône.

As reported by our colleagues from

Provence,

this plan will lead to the elimination of 219 jobs in total in France.

The coal-based electricity production unit will soon be shut down, the government planning to shut down French coal-fired power stations in 2022. A site conversion plan, which is being finalized, provides for the maintenance of the site. activity of electricity production from biomass, in addition to the creation of a production unit based on hydrogen and e-methanol.

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