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Fraîche de Paris, a joint venture of ENGIE and French state-owned public transport firm RATP, has been selected by the city of Paris to operate its district cooling network over a period of 20 years.
Fraîche de Paris will manage ‘Europe’s largest district cooling network’ by operating cooling energy production, storage, transportation and distribution infrastructure.
The two firms will be responsible for tripling the size of the network over the coming years by adding 20 new production plants, 10 storage facilities, 158km of distribution lines and consumers.
Expanding the cooling network to include hospitals, nurseries, schools and homes is expected to improve consumer sustainability and reduce the vulnerability to climate change for consumers living in energy poverty, according to the statement.
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