Enedis, manager of the electricity network in France and subsidiary of EDF, officially joined the club of partners of the Paris Olympic Games in 2024 on Tuesday, an event from which generators will therefore be excluded.
«Today, in major sporting events, electricity in stadiums is provided by temporary solutions powered by diesel (generators, editor’s note)“, recalled Tuesday Marianne Laigneau, president of the management board of Enedis, in a press conference. “We have decided to change this practice so that all stadiums are supplied by the network, with carbon-free energy.“, she assured.
Enedis, which becomes a Tier 3 partner of Paris-2024, has notably undertaken to ensure that all Olympic and Paralympic sites are “connected to the network”, connections which can be “perpetuated”, assures the network manager. in a press release. In February, the Olympic Games Organizing Committee (Cojo), which is targeting 1.1 billion euros in sponsorship (out of a budget of 3.9 billion euros), claimed to have already garnered or secured around 715 million euros. euros. For the moment, the Cojo has signed four tier 1 or premium partners (BPCE, Orange, EDF, Sanofi), whose entry ticket is estimated at between 100 and 150 million euros.