La Réunion Island’s electricity production and distribution system dates back to the last century, and has not kept pace with the technological advances made possible by renewable energies. Production is essentially concentrated in a few power plants owned by two companies from outside Réunion: EDF and Albioma. They burn imported primary energy: oil purchased from the Avril group in France and wood imported from North America. As a result, a single incident at these plants can have (…)