Parisians will soon have a project to generate clean energy sources, in their famous bridges.
Known for their ingenuity they have installed heating systems in some of their buildings based on groundwater sources and the mini-windmills on the buildings.
River turbines are driven by the river Seine, the French calling them’’hydroliennes’’.
Denis Baupin, the deputy mayor of Paris, told Le Parisien: “After a study by our urban ecology service and the French waterways, four potential sites have already been identified. One is to the west of Paris, at the Pont du Garigliano, while the others are in central Paris, at the Pont de la Tournelle, Pont Marie and Pont au Change. Each of these bridges will feature two turbines.’’
‘’We’re not expecting the moon and the stars with these techniques,” Baupin said, “but the educational impact of these experiments is just as important. Vélib (Paris’s free bicycle sharing system) has made Parisians realize they can use cycles in the city, and these renewable energy schemes will make them aware of the need to watch what they consume.”
