To reduce its contribution to atmospheric pollution, the European Union and France have made commitments. This has led to the banning of coal and fuel oil as primary energy sources for the Albioma and EDF power plants in La Reunion Island. Albioma has replaced coal with wood and EDF replaced fuel oil with vegetable oil. These primary energies are biomasses which are, according to the European Union, renewable energies. Using biomass as fuel weakens a carbon sink For the wood used in the (…)