Morgane Darlet is EDF's Paris 2024 Supply Project Manager. Interviewed by Usbek&Rica, she explains why the measures deployed by EDF for this event are ushering in a new era in electrical usage.
The Paris 2024 Games carry an unprecedented commitment: to halve their carbon footprint, compared to previous editions. To achieve this goal, EDF is playing a key role, supplying responsible, 100% traceable electricity. But it's hard to imagine a cable linking a photovoltaic or wind farm to an athletics stadium... And yet!
A technological feat
Thanks to an innovative blockchain-based tool, the promise is indeed the same. It is now possible to certify, for example, that the electricity produced by the Ottmarsheim solar park between 8 and 9 a.m. was in line with the electricity consumed at the same time by the Parc des Princes.
This is the whole point of the "guarantees of origin" mechanism, which provides for equivalence between production and consumption. For each kWh consumed, an equivalent quantity of electricity produced from renewable sources is injected into the grid.
A perfect traceability in the future?
Let's be clear: we're still a long way from being able to sort electrons within a power grid. However, recent advances are opening up new prospects. Initially, other major sporting or cultural events could benefit from the approach implemented with Paris 2024. And in the near future, why not imagine real-time traceability of the electricity consumed... at home?
Read Morgane Darlet's interview on the Usbek & Rica website (in French): Paris 2024 : l’électron sera-t-il plus vert qu’ailleurs ?