Dijon métropole presented in Glasgow, during the COP 26, the future hydrogen vehicles which will circulate in the agglomeration. It was Patrick Masson, environmental advisor in Greater Dijon, who was the spokesperson for the Burgundy project in Scotland. Explanations.
Convert household waste into energy and run the garbage trucks that collect it. The circle is complete and the idea seduces the Dijon metropolis. The Dijon metropolis dump trucks will therefore gradually be replaced to run on hydrogen.
COP 26, a major climate conference, began in Glasgow on October 31st. Heads of state around the world are gathered to find solutions and agree on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.
Since Monday, November 8, a delegation from Dijon has been walking the aisles of the world climate conference in Glasgow. With a climax this Wednesday, November 10. “There is a whole day of exchanges between communities at the global level ”, specifies Patrick Masson, vice-president of Dijon metropolis, in charge of the ecological transition, who made the trip across the Channel.
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The Dijon metropolis hydrogen vehicle project was presented on Wednesday, November 10.
100 million euros of investment
The city will gradually acquire hydrogen vehicles. The first four buses will circulate from 2022 on the streets of the city with a ramp-up until 2030. “The objective of Dijon metropolis is to renew its entire fleet of heavy hydrogen vehicles, ie the 44 household refuse dumpsters and the 180 buses in the metropolis”.
The first hydrogen station, located in Les Charmettes, north-west of Dijon, will be commissioned in early 2022. The second, located south of Dijon, will be commissioned in 2023.
Switching to hydrogen will cost the city 100 million euros, 20 million for the construction of the hydrogen factory and 80 million to renew the fleet of garbage trucks and buses.
Unexpected encounters
In Glasgow, the vice-president for ecological transition attended several conferences and spoke with French and foreign delegations. “I met young French-speaking Africans who carry, on their shoulders, the words and actions of young people all over the world ”, explains Patric Masson. I have seen people of extinction rebellion who do not necessarily have a good press, but who have an interesting speech ”.
Innovative initiatives have also aroused his interest: “I saw that Indonesia made bamboo bicycles to use a local resource and limit the use of metals which have a much greater ecological impact. My role is to go and see what others are doing and to be inspired by a certain number of their practices ”. Examples, to follow or not, but ideas gathered by the chosen one.
Dijon has applied to become European Green Capital 2022.
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