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Partner in the first zero-emissions science station
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The fight against global warming, protection of resources, sustainable development: Through its energy and environment businesses, GDF SUEZ plays a central role in these challenges. As a partner in the Princess Elisabeth Polar Station since 2007 through its contribution of skills, the Group has provided its expertise for research and thus contributed to making as many people as possible aware of global warming.
As part of the International Polar Year 2007-2008,
A partnership based on skills
After four years of preliminary studies and several expeditions, the building of
GDF SUEZ, its subsidiary Electrabel, and its Laborelec research laboratory, along with the International Polar Foundation and its chairman, the explorer Alain Hubert, began a skills sponsorship in the areas of energy, water, and waste management to construct the station.
A zero-emissions polar station
Perched atop a summit of granite some
Laborelec and Electrabel contributed all of their expertise to an enormous challenge: The design of a zero carbon emissions polar station that would function solely with renewable energies to limit its carbon footprint as much as possible.
To this end, the energy used by the station is obtained from windmills and solar panels. Its passive heating and waste water recycling system, as well as its use of low-energy appliances, make it a particularly energy efficient station.
GDF SUEZ and its subsidiaries demonstrate their commitment to find innovative and diverse solutions as part of their sustainable development policy.
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