Saint-Avold (Mosel)
On reclassification leave, Pascal Bernardi, 58, expects to be recalled overnight to restart a coal-fired power plant in Saint-Avold, on the Moselle, 50 kilometers east of Metz. Anticipating power supply difficulties this winter, the Ministry of Energy Transition announced on June 26 the possible restart of this plant, whose final shutdown was scheduled for March 31.
The maintenance operator has taken advantage of the past few weeks to take a holiday in Corsica and build a house for his 31-year-old son, also a former worker at the coal-fired power station, one of the last two still operating on site. French with Cordem (Loire-Atlantique). In the shadow of the giant cooling towers, Mosel explains that it was everywhere during the winter period “Without taking leave from 1eh from October to March 31. The plant worked at full capacity last winter…
Source: Le Figaro
