{"id":38093,"date":"2025-12-03T09:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/histoire\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:52:41","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/en\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n\n\n\n<div class=\"banner_wrap as--txt-light\" style=background-color:#EC635B banner-reveal reveal>\n            <div class=\"banner-content editor-wysiwyg\">\n                            <div class=\"breadcrumb-line\"><ol class=\"c-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"breadcrumb\" role=\"navigation\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/en\/\" aria-level=\"1\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"\/><\/li><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span itemprop=\"name\"><\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\"\/><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"a-title-1\">History<\/h1>\n                                        <p>Going back over more than 90 years of expertise in the service of the territories.<\/p>\n\n                                <\/div>\n\n                                                        <div class=\"banner-pin\" banner-reveal-pin>\n                <div class=\"m_video\">\n                    <div class=\"m_video-media editor-wysiwyg-video\" data-id=\"tudqfOJAc00\">\n                        <button class=\"m_video-player\" aria-label=\"Visionner la vid\u00e9o\">\n                                <svg class=\"a-icon as--45\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\n         focusable=\"false\">\n        <use xlink:href=\"\/app\/themes\/cnr-acti\/assets\/img\/svg\/icon-sprite.svg#icon-play\"><\/use>\n    <\/svg>\n\n                        <\/button>\n                                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Operation-de-gestion-sedimentaire-sur-le-Haut-Rhone-2025-Presentation-1050x720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1323\" height=\"740\" loading=\"lazy\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        \n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    \n                \n\n<section class=\"content-section as--no-margin as--txt-dark \" >\n            <div class=\"inner-wrap\" auto-reveal>\n            <div class=\"editor-wysiwyg h-mb-40\">\n                <h2 class=\"a-title-2\">Origin, key dates and descriptions<\/h2>\n<p>CNR\u2019s foundations were laid by two visionary politicians: <strong>L\u00e9on Perrier<\/strong>, member of parliament then senator and President of the General Council of Is\u00e8re between 1910 and 1940, and <strong>\u00c9douard Herriot<\/strong>, mayor of Lyon, senator, member of parliament for the Rhone, Minister and President of the Chamber of Deputies. Both were convinced of the potential of hydroelectricity, and forged a unique model of concession in the service of developing their territory.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"inner-wrap \">\n        <div class=\"as--column as--columns-2\" auto-reveal>\n                            <div class=\"as--column__item editor-wysiwyg h-align-center\">\n                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"editor-img as--rounded\">\n                                    <picture>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/leron-perrier-335x335-1-450x398-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                    <\/picture>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <p class=\"as--highlight\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\">L\u00e9on Perrier<\/p>\n\n                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"as--column__item editor-wysiwyg h-align-center\">\n                                                                                                                                        <div class=\"editor-img as--rounded\">\n                                    <picture>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/edouard-herriot-335x335-1-450x398-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                    <\/picture>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                                                                <p class=\"as--highlight\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00c9douard Herriot<\/p>\n\n                                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n    \n                \n\n<section class=\"content-section as--normal-margin as--txt-dark \" >\n            <div class=\"inner-wrap\" reveal>\n            <div class=\"editor-wysiwyg h-mb-40\">\n                <p><strong>L\u00e9on Perrier invented the CNR model:<\/strong> he proposed to entrust the development of the Rhone to a single executive body of which the local authorities were to be both shareholders and stakeholders. <strong>As for \u00c9douard Herriot, he drew up the organisation of CNR\u2019s development<\/strong>: using the sale of hydroelectricity to finance the developments required for navigation and irrigation along the Rhone. Thus, the Compagnie Nationale du Rh\u00f4ne and its 3 missions for the community were born.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1935, CNR\u2019s history has been that of the pioneers of carbon-free energy, the men and women who have helped it to grow, and who have passed on and preserved a unique industrial heritage from generation to generation.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"inner-wrap \">\n        <div class=\"as--column as--columns-0\" reveal>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section as--normal-margin\">\n            <div class=\"inner-wrap\" reveal>\n            <div class=\"editor-wysiwyg h-mb-40\">\n                <h2 class=\"a-title-2\">CNR by key dates<\/h2>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"inner-wrap as--wide\">\n        <div class=\"timeline\">\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date as--first\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img as--rounded\">\n                                                                <picture>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_barrage-centrale_hydroelectrique_Genissiat_porte-850x720.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/picture>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content\">\n                            <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                <span>1933<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                The founding of CNR \n                            <\/div>\n                                                            <p>The Compagnie Nationale du Rh\u00f4ne was founded in the framework of the Rhone law, which structured the river\u2019s development, promulgated in 1921 and implemented in 1931.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                                                        <div class=\"timeline-container\" reveal>\n                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_hydroelectricite_navigation_irrigation.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>1934<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    The Rhone concession \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>The concession of the Rhone was granted to CNR by the State for 75 years. The concession encompasses the development and exploitation of the river and obliged CNR to perform 3 missions for the community: hydroelectricity production, navigation and irrigation.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_Port_de_Lyon_archive.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>1935<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Works began to build Port of Lyon \u00c9douard Herriot\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_barrage-centrale_hydroelectrique_Genissat_archive.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>1937<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    The construction of the dam-hydropower plant of G\u00e9nissiat began.\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_Port_de_Lyon.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>1938<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Inauguration of Port of Lyon \u00c9douard Herriot\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_barrage-centrale_hydroelectrique_Genissat.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>1948<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Inauguration of the G\u00e9nissiat dam-hydropower plant \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>At the time, it was called the \u201cFrench Niagara\u201d: the widest and longest dam in Europe.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_amenagement_du_Rhone_Bollene.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>1950<\/span>\n                                                                            <span>1990<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    CNR, developer of the Rhone\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>After the G\u00e9nissiat dam, CNR inaugurated the hydropower plat of Boll\u00e8ne in 1958. CNR\u2019s hydroelectricity production was transferred to EDF during this period. The development of the Rhone and the construction of the structures along it remained the mission of CNR, which built 19 production facilities and 14 locks between 1958 and 1986. As early as the 1950s, CNR was committed to preserving biodiversity along the Rhone, building the first fish pass at Donz\u00e8re (1954) and starting a programme of hydraulic and ecological restoration, the only one of its type in the world, in 1998.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image as--placeholder\"><\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2001<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    CNR, an independent producer \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>CNR went back to being an independent hydroelectricity producer, and integrated its public-private shareholding with the entry into its capital of Electrabel, a subsidiary of the Suez Group, in 2003.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_eolien_solaire_photovoltaique_navigation.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2003<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    CNR, a driving force of new renewable energies\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>From 2003, CNR diversified in wind and solar power. During the same period, CNR intensified its research and innovations, focusing in particular on hydrogen, electric mobility, and intermittent energy management. General Interest Missions were created with the 8th amendment annexed to the concession specifications in 2003.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_fluvial_navigation_plaisance.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2004<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    CNR&#8217;s Public Interest Missions begin\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>A programme in the service of developing the territories of the Rhone Valley structured by way of five-year plans, it organises the redistribution of part of the wealth generated from hydroelectricity production to the territories. The Missions in the General Interest would later become the 5Rh\u00f4ne Plans.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_Lyon_Centre_Teleconduite_Rhone.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2005<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Creation of the Rhone Remote Management Centre \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>This plans and performs the production of CNR\u2019s 19 hydropower plants along 500km of the Rhone. The guarantor of hydraulic safety, the RMC ensures seamless coordination between the plants and provides a real-time vision of the river\u2019s discharge, thereby making it possible to adapt production.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_Lyon_confluence_Rhone_Saone.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2007<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Signature of the Rhone Plan \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>The aim was to define and implement a programme of sustainable development along the Rhone and the Saone, in collaboration with the different stakeholders in the territory.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_Chateauneuf_Centre_Gestion_Navigation.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2012<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Creation of the Navigation Management Centre \n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>This structure is dedicated to facilitating and securing river transport on the Rhone. Active 24\/7 and located at Ch\u00e2teauneuf du Rh\u00f4ne, the NMC ensures constant surveillance along the entire navigable length of the Rhone, informs users of traffic in real-time and permits faster lock passages for optimum service quality.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_eolien.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2019<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Founding of Vensolair\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Acquisition of Vol VER, specialised in the development of renewable wind and solar power assets, which has since been rebaptised Vensolair and become a 100% owned subsidiary of CNR.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  \" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_solaire_photovoltaique.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-start\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2021<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Founding of Solarhona\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>This subsidiary 100% owned by CNR is specialised in developing solar power projects. CNR exceeded 4,000 MW of installed capacity.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                                                                    \n                    <div class=\"timeline__date  as--reverse\" reveal>\n                                                    <div class=\"timeline__date-image editor-img \">\n                                                                <figure>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cnr.tm.fr\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CNR_amenagement_du_Rhone_irrigation.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                <\/figure>                            <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"timeline__date-content as--flex-end\">\n                            <div class=\"date-content-align\">\n                                <div class=\"date-year\">\n                                    <span>2022<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"date-title\">\n                                    Promulgation of the \u201cRhone Development\u201d law\n                                <\/div>\n                                                                    <p>The \u201cRhone Development\u201d law was adopted unanimously by the French parliament, thus prolonging the concession of the river to CNR until 2041, and providing a framework for the 5Rh\u00f4ne Plans. In line with the Missions in the General Interest, the 5Rh\u00f4ne Plans provide CNR\u2019s technical and financial support to hydropower, navigation, irrigation, environmental protection and biodiversity projects.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":38199,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38093","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our History &amp; Heritage: pioneering green energy | CNR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Trace the key milestones of Compagnie Nationale du Rh\u00f4ne. 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