Devastating Frost Damages Crops in South Aveyron – Natural Disaster Declaration and Compensation Underway

The frost took its toll

#AVEYRON – About 40 tons of fruit were lost, including the entire Mirabelle plum harvest; 10 to 15 tons of grapes destroyed, the foresters and wine growers of South Aveyron mourn the damage from the frost that returned a few days ago, after the mid-summer temperatures of April. Cracked by a late reprisal of a mild winter, operators in the region will be on alert until at least mid-May. In the meantime, steps have been taken to recognize the state of the natural disaster, along with compensation.

Number of the day: 44

#HELLACH – This is the number of days it took Denis Clerc, also known as Zinzin Reporter (our edition of March 31) to arrive, from Saint-Géniès-des-Mourgues, Saint-Jacques-de- Compostela, through the ​​GR653. That’s twenty days ahead of what he expected. Maybe a record, but that’s not so important for our colleague from France 3, whose track became a hit after a romantic breakup.“I walked towards the future”, he said. In fact he had met his new partner, just before he left.

“oil” of bridges for the flame to pass through

SET – As the Olympic flame sails to Marseille on the Belem, star Escale à Sète, Sète Agglo promises “guard of honor” when he arrived through the Royal Canal, between Pointe Courte and Plagette, on May 13, around 2 p.m. The SNCF bridge at Maréchal-Foch and that at Sadi-Carnot will rise to allow the boat to pass through which the flame will cross the Etang de Thau leaving from Balaruc-les-Bains. Seeing the rise of the SNCF bridge was not a foregone conclusion. A letter from Sète Agglo to the management of the SNCF and support from Sylvain Pelegrin, the director of the Lycée de la Mer, up to the Secretariat of State responsible for the Sea, allowed this somewhat crazy idea to be realized.

Leaflet for the old Arcelor site

#GUARD – A new page will be written in the industrial saga of the Arcelor Mittal site in Laudun-l’Ardoise, ceasing operations since 2004. The former steel platform is one of the 55 buildings selected for turnkey sites designated France 2030 . The aim is now to launch a call for projects before the summer of 2024 to define the future of this place that has been promised rebirth. In Hérault, Mazeran technopark, near Béziers, received the same label, awarded on the basis of economic attractiveness criteria. An envelope of €450 million is planned for the 55 French sites.

Geothermal energy instead of gas

#MONTPELLIER – With the support of the Metropolis, Ademe and Altemed, the new Cambacérès geothermal power plant has just been established. Drawn from two boreholes 120 m deep, the groundwater supplies reversible heat pumps, capable of heating in winter and cooling in summer. In the end, more than 450,000 m2 of buildings will be powered by this system, which already provides energy to the Sud de France station, as well as housing in Lattes. The power plant is connected to the Port-Marianne wood boiler room producing heat, cold and electricity. This connection is not neutral as it will reduce additional gas consumption to only 5 to 10% in the long run. Savings in CO2 emissions estimated at 1,250 tonnes per year. The center required a total investment of €17.5 million, of which €4.6 million was financed by Ademe. This network is the second to be established in six months, after La Grande-Motte, where water is drawn from the sea that heats and cools (thalassothermy).