Enabling & Support
29/05/2026
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and French energy provider EDF (Électricité de France) have signed a partnership agreement to continue and expand energy efficiency at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Signature of ESA-EDF partnership agreement
Continuing the cooperation initiated in 2019 under the French Guiana Territorial Compensation Framework, this partnership aims to identify new opportunities to improve the energy performance of ESA infrastructure and support their implementation, while ensuring compliance with the French regulatory framework supporting the energy transition.
Since the partnership started in 2019, approximately €2 million in energy saving incentives have been generated and reinvested into operational assets to fund proof-of-concept projects. The proof-of-concept projects test innovative technologies to enhance operational performance at Europe’s Spaceport and optimise energy consumption without relying on direct ESA funding.
Notable achievements of this approach include the ice storage system deployed at Europropulsion in 2024 whereby ice is made when electricity is readily available from solar sources to cool buildings when solar power is not available, as well as the introduction of a heat pump at the Regulus Premix 344 building. These initiatives would not have been possible without the 2019 partnership.
Several proof-of-concepts have been validated and are being considered by ESA for wider deployment.
As part of the new phase of collaboration signed on 10 February 2026, ESA aims to generate an additional €1.2 million in energy savings. Initial applications are already close to submission, with early indications suggesting that this target will be achieved.
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