Towards sustainable energy production
"CSD is not just our business but our mission," says Tony Moens de Hase of Tractebel Engineering (SUEZ). Tractebel is prime contractor for a project to apply satellite data to CSD reporting for SUEZ hydropower plants in locations including Laos, Brazil and France. Also participating in this contract is Belgium-based Earth Observation value-adding companies Keyobs and Nadar, plus environmental consultancy firm CAP Conseil.
"SUEZ recognises it is working with some of the most important aspects of CSD including water, waste and energy. The company has been a pioneer in this area and has issued CSD reports for the last five years.
"So the objective of this study is to see how satellite data might be able to help us. I think that there are some aspects of the subject that we have to analyse with new tools, because the existing tools most companies are using are not always the most suitable ones. Earth Observation can give a better idea of the combined evolution of different aspects, providing a global view for better analysis. In the development of large dams the aspects of interest might include land fragmentation, land use, biodiversity, deforestation and population distribution."
Towards sustainable mining activities
Canada-based firm VIASAT Go-Technologie is running another project applying satellite measurements of sustainability to the field of mineral resource extraction, working with Canadian aluminium mining company Alcan and French cement aggregate and concrete company Groupe Lafarge.
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Contact: Mariangela D'Acunto
mariangela.dacunto@esa.int
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European Space Agency
7-Feb-2006