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OPHELIA, a promising future for linear photovoltaic power plants to be discovered at CIRED 2025
On the occasion of CIRED 2025, which will take place from June 16 to 19 in Geneva, CNR, Nexans, Schneider Electric, SNCF, and SuperGrid Institute will present, for the first time, the project named OPHELIA. This experimental linear photovoltaic park, soon to be commissioned in France (Vaucluse), is located along a cycle route that runs alongside the Rhône River. It is based on an innovative medium-voltage direct current (MVDC1) electrical architecture. This promising solution could eventually transform existing linear infrastructures (dikes, roads, cycle paths, railway lines…) into powerful photovoltaic corridors. The OPHELIA project thus addresses two key challenges in the solar energy sector: the scarcity of available land and the integration of renewable energy production into the power system.
Climate-tech Sweetch Energy raises €6 million to deploy its innovative osmotic energy technology on a large scale
Rennes, France - September 20, 2022 - Sweetch Energy, the climate tech specialist in osmotic energy, today announced the closing of its €6 million pre-Serie B financing.
Unanimously passed by Parliament, the "Rhône Development” law will enable CNR to plan ahead until 2041
The “Rhône Development” law, brought before the Assemblée Nationale by Patrick Mignola, member of parliament for France’s Savoie département, was definitively passed on 17 February. It shores up and modernises CNR's model for integrated management of the Rhône river. As soon as this law is enacted, CNR will bolster its contribution to the ecological and energy transition of the country's regions up until 2041 through its commitments and responsibilities (renewable energy, river transport and irrigation).
The very first research project of its kind in the world on a river to combat plastic pollution launch on the river Rhone, France on 1st april 2021
A multidisciplinary partnership led by Plastic@Sea with CNR, the sole operator of the concession on the Rhone - one of the most significant waterways in Europe - the Rhone Mediterranean Corsica water agency and an ecosystem of research bodies.