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Wave power: "A potential 40 TWh/year of electricity production in France" (Lawrence Sigaud, Seaturns)

"France's coastline represents a potential of 40 TWh per year of electricity production from wave energy - a potential that is not neutral, and really complementary to tidal power," Lawrence Sigaud, managing director of start-up Seaturns, told News Tank on 01/06/2026. The Bordeaux-based…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, Producers, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 443000
• Published on 01/06/26 at 18:29
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CountEmissionsEU: the EU rules harmonising transport emissions calculations enter into force

The first EU-wide standardised methodology for calculating greenhouse-gas emissions from freight and passenger vehicles enter into force on 01/06/2026, announced the European Commission. The CountEmissionsEU framework (adopted on 29/04/2026 and published on 12/05/2026 in the Official journal of…
Domain(s): Mobilities, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 442981
• Published on 01/06/26 at 17:18
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EIB: €300m granted to Groupe Limagrain to support its seed R&D activities

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €300m loan to the French seeds group Limagrain, under the TechEU programme, "to accelerate the group's research and development activities in the field of seeds", the partners announced in Paris on 28/05/2026. The EIB points out that this…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Producers, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 442994
• Published on 01/06/26 at 16:31
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Agenda : events not to be missed between 01/06 and 05/06/2026

This week will be marked by Green Week, organised by the European Commission's DG Environment in Brussels on 03 and 04/06, which will be followed by numerous events in the Member States: this year's theme is "Investing in a Nature-positive economy". At the Château de Versailles, Emmanuel Macron…
Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 442960
• Published on 01/06/26 at 14:47
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EU ETS: 190 million allowances to be placed into the MSR between September 2026 and August 2027

A total of 190 494 202 allowances will be placed in the Market Stability Reserve over a 12-month period, from 01/09/2026 to 31/08/2027, according to a Communication on the total number of allowances in circulation (TNAC) on the European carbon market, adopted by the European Commission on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Financing & funding, Climate / carbon
• Article # 442917
• Published on 01/06/26 at 13:36
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FR / Ecosystem: Géraldine Poivert appointed General Director by the Board of directors

Géraldine Poivert has been appointed General Director of Ecosystem, the eco-organisation responsible for the repair, reuse and recycling of electrical equipment and batteries, on 01/06/2026. She succeeds Pierre Perron, who was appointed in July 2025 to ensure the transition following the…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Circularity, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 442924
• Published on 01/06/26 at 12:00
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FR / Igedd: appointment of 13 Group I inspectors and 13 Group II inspectors

A decree of the President of the Republic and an order of the Prime Minister, dated 27/05/2026, appointing Group I and Group II inspectors to the Inspectorate-General for the Environment and Sustainable Development (Igedd) at the Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 442888
• Published on 01/06/26 at 11:00
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£64.6m at first close of Big Nature Impact Fund, largest nature-as-infrastructure vehicle (Finance Earth)

Finance Earth announced on 29/05/2026 the first close of the Big Nature Impact Fund LP at £64.6m, against a final target of £90-120m. Described by the fund manager as the UK's largest nature-as-infrastructure investment vehicle to date, the fund has attracted Zurich Insurance Group, Admiral Group…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, National bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 442767
• Published on 29/05/26 at 16:32
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Offshore wind power/Atis project: "No benefits for Corsicans, that's not acceptable" (Femu a Corsica)

" [Le mega projet Atis] will have no energy or economic benefits for Corsicans, and we cannot accept that", declared François Martinetti, national secretary of Femu a Corsica, a Corsican autonomist political party, on 26/05/2028. The "Atis" project to deploy a floating wind farm in the…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Renewable energies
• Article # 442745
• Published on 29/05/26 at 16:00
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FR: "Agriculture should focus less on volume and more on value" (OpinionWay poll)

"The French want agriculture to focus less on volume and more on value: farmers' incomes, product quality, sustainability and local roots. The issue is as much economic as it is social and territorial": this is one of the four main findings of the survey "L'agriculture demain, quel avenir dans nos…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 442733
• Published on 29/05/26 at 15:00