Romain Rouillard 3:56 p.m., September 07, 2022

Guest of Elisabeth Assaïag, Stéphane Layani, CEO of the Rungis international market, announced his ambition to transform his establishment in such a way as to reduce its energy consumption.

In particular, it plans to install 16,000m² of photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the market.

The Rungis market, the challenge of energy sobriety.

Given the tense context around electricity prices, among other things, the largest market for agricultural products in the world is considering strategies to reduce the bill.

Guest of Elisabeth Assaïag in

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on Europe 1, its president, Stéphane Layani, outlines the main lines.

"You can imagine that a buyer of electricity and gas like Rungis, which is one of the big buyers in the Paris region, sees the price increase with horror", he asks at the start.

However, Stéphane Layani refuses to panic.

"I am positive because we work mainly at night, about 80% at night. And at night, electricity is cheaper than during the day," he recalls. 

Reduce electricity consumption

Despite everything, the rise in energy prices remains a major problem for this type of company, which is very greedy in this area.

But the CEO of the Rungis market has obviously planned everything.

"We will soon inaugurate the largest photovoltaic power plant in Île-de-France on the roofs of Rungis for an area of ​​16,000m². I don't know if you realize the energy that this produces", develops-t -he. 

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A major project which is accompanied by other major changes.

"We are in the process of changing all the cold groups which generated fluids that are bad for the ozone layer. Thanks to the new groups, we will save electricity", promises Stéphane Layani.

And the CEO to announce an important device to reduce the energy consumption of the establishment: "I decided to change all the lighting by putting LED lighting in order to consume less". 

Finally, Stéphane Layani recalls the importance of the pedagogy to operate with employees and reveals a final measure.

"Not all sectors of Rungis work at the same time. Consequently, we will deploy electricity to the sectors in a staggered way".

A myriad of novelties to better face a perilous winter.