In the Landes, the installation of a buried line of 400,000 volts worries the inhabitants

2023-07-29 00:07:51

A black cross “RIP nature”, a childish sign “Listen to us please” a sign “No to 400,000 volts under our beaches and under our feet”: on trees, balconies and roundabouts, residents oppose close to the new project. For several weeks, the messages have been multiplying in Capbreton, one of the five Landes municipalities concerned by the project for a very high voltage (THT) buried line of 400,000 volts in direct current, the work of which is planned for the fall. A first in France. “It will secure the electricity supply for 5 million French households,” assures Dominique Millan, development and engineering director RTE Sud-Ouest, project leader.