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2 unusual facts about EDF


EDF-GDF tower

The EDF-GDF tower is an office building built in 1974 in the heart of the new town of Cergy, France, in the Cergy Prefecture business and administrative district.

World Association of Nuclear Operators

James O. Ellis, President and CEO of INPO, Sergey Obozov, Director General of Concern Rosenergoatom, Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF and Masataka Shimizu, President of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), join the WANO Governing Board.


ACP–EU development cooperation

The Treaty of Rome granted associated status to 31 overseas collectivities and territories (OCTs) and provided for the creation of a European Development Fund (EDF) intended to grant technical and financial assistance to the countries which were still under European rule at the time.

The first cycle of the EDF was designed for a period of five years and took effect in 1959 (now in its 10th cycle and with a budget of €22.7 billion).

In addition, it was agreed to continue support via the EDF and the European Investment Bank (EIB) (p. 29).

Anglefort

The Électricité de France (EDF) Dam is on the Rhone river in the territory of the commune and there is a factory producing silicon.

Atlantic Rowing Race

The third boat to finish was "Spirit of EDF Energy", crewed by double Olympic champion oarsman James Cracknell OBE and Ben Fogle, a UK TV presenter.

CloudCompare

Originally created during a collaboration between Telecom ParisTech and the R&D division of EDF, the CloudCompare project began in 2003 with the PhD of Daniel Girardeau-Montaut on Change detection on 3D geometric data.

Dampierre Nuclear Power Plant

EDF and DSC lifted the crisis the following morning at 8:15.

EDF Energy

EDF also owns and operates 2 wind farms, at Kirkheaton in Northumberland and the High Hedley Hope wind farm near Tow Law in County Durham, and is developing the Teesside Offshore Wind near Redcar, Teesside.

Électricité de France

The EDF head office is located along Avenue de Wagram in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

Electricity sector in the United Kingdom

The 6 major companies which dominate the British electricity market ("The Big Six") are: EDF, Centrica (British Gas), E.ON, RWE npower, Scottish Power and Southern & Scottish Energy.

Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corporation

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a nonprofit organization that works to reduce threats to the earth's environment that impacts the climate, ocean, and ecosystems.

Florence Foresti

She had a few other jobs, including working for EDF in Lyon, before finally becoming a computer graphics artist.

Foreign relations of the European Union

The EU is also a leading provider of humanitarian aid, with over 20% of aid received in the ACP coming from the EU budget or from the European Development Fund (EDF).

I as in Icarus

The EDF-GDF tower designed by architect Renzo Moro is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry.

Jean-Pierre Houdin

During 2000, they met with members of the team who, in 1986, had worked on the mystery of the Pyramid of Khufu under the aegis of the Fondation EDF.

Medway Power Station

In June 2002, American Electric Power (AEP) sold its SEEBOARD company to eDF, giving eDF 37.5% of the power station.

Mer de Glace

Sub glacial waters from the Mer de Glace are used seasonally by EDF for the generation of hydroelectricity.

Nicolas Hulot

Nicolas Hulot has been criticised by some commentators, like Le Canard Enchaîné and supporters of uneconomic growth and political ecology who have criticised his use of the media and acceptance of funds from large firms, like EDF, L'Oréal and Rhône-Poulenc.

Plogoff

In the early 1970s, the French state power company, EDF decided to establish a production's nuclear power plant in Brittany.

Presidio Graduate School

Employers include: Accenture, ClimateCHECK, the cities of Berkeley and Mountain View, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Goodwill Industries, Mattel, NBC, PETA, Sundance Channel, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and Wake Forest University.

Royce Cadman

Cadman signed a dual contract with the Newport Gwent Dragons regional team and Bedwas RFC in 2010 after finishing university at Hartpury College where he won 3 busa/bucs trophies, 3 EDF finals and achieved representing Gloucester A, Gloucestershire County (reaching the county final twice) and playing for England students.

Ships of The Saga of Seven Suns

The Voracious Curiosity Rlinda's personal ship, The Great Expectations a ship that was stolen by Rand Sorengaard, The Blind Faith as commanded by Branson Roberts and others that were commissioned by the EDF.

Through Hell and High Water

Five half-hour morning programmes (9.30–10am) on BBC1 followed James Cracknell (Olympic rower) and Ben Fogle (television presenter) in their attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in "Spirit of EDF Energy", a 24-foot rowing boat, with a half-hour summary programme during the evening of the final day on BBC2.

Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is a collection of sites run by Areva and EDF located in 4 different communes Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Pierrelatte in Drôme, Bollène and Lapalud in Vaucluse, and four departments (Drome (26), Vaucluse (84), Gard (30) and Ardeche (07)) on right bank of the Channel of Donzère-Mondragon (diversion canal of the Rhône River) between Valence (70 km upstream) and Avignon (65 km downstream).

United States v. SCRAP

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), acting with other environmental groups, sought to intervene by filing its own complaint.

Yves Bréchet

He is a member of the international scientific council of ArcelorMittal and the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, and a scientific advisor to Rio Tinto Alcan, EDF and ONERA.


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