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If demographic trends and modes of cohabitation continued, 172,500 housing units would need to be built until 2050, deducting those built since 2021, estimates INSEE. 115,500 housing units would be needed to support population growth, the decline in household size linked to changes in cohabitation patterns and the aging of the population. Furthermore, il serait...

The Ileva Mixed Waste Treatment Syndicate celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 22 at the IUT of Saint-Pierre by a day of exchanges and reflections on the progress made and the challenges to come. The event brought together communities representatives, waste management experts, economic and institutional actors. La décennie d’existence d’ILEVA a été marquée par des...

The permanent commission of the Réunion Region voted on October 25, unanimously, the acquisition by the regional authority of part of the Bellepierre hotel with a view to installing the future premises of the Institute for Health Studies North. The IES Nord has been installed for a dozen years in modular buildings located on the grounds of the former Ozoux camp hospital., in...

A few months after the inauguration of its first hydroelectric power station in Reunion Island, TotalEnergies a mis en service fin octobre la toiture solaire du bâtiment des Brasseries de Bourbon, in Saint-Pierre. TotalEnergies opère déjà sur l’île plus de 30 sites (wind power, solaire et hydroélectricité) d’une puissance cumulée de plus de 46 mégawatts. Ces centrales produisent annuellement 45 GWh, soit l’équivalent de...

Christopher Sans, president of the National Union of Liberal Professions (UNAPL), went to Reunion at the end of October, “to highlight the crucial role of liberal professions in the local economy”. During this visit, he participated in the restitution of the results of a study on the management of diversity in business. Les chiffres dévoilés par l’étude sont révélateurs d’une situation...

EDF PEI (island electricity production) announced at the end of October that it had obtained RED II certification for its Port Est power plant. Installation is the first in the world, of this power, to obtain this certification. EDF PEI a pu démontrer que la biomasse liquide qui a remplacé l’an passé le fioul lourd comme combustible de la centrale portoise respectait des normes...

Cyclea (waste treatment and recovery) won the Efficience label on November 12, awarded by the Green Réunion association to companies demonstrating a capacity for optimizing resources and overall performance (economic, environmental and social) copy. It highlights “best practices in operational efficiency, reduction of CO2 emissions, de sobriété énergétique et de préservation des...

The Réunion National Park and the Association for the Industrial Development of Réunion (Adir) signed a partnership agreement on November 15 formalizing their collaboration to preserve and improve the quality of nocturnal environments on the island. The agreement aims to generalize pilot approaches to support the light transition to all economic activity zones in Reunion. In 2023,...

Countless tributes followed the announcement of the death of Abdéali Goulamaly, occurred on October 27. Aged 89, the captain of industry had only reduced activity in recent years, but the group he has built since the creation of the Mauvilac paint manufacturing company in 1970 is experiencing dynamic growth., like the upgraded Omega 1 data center...

The cancellation of 103 million euros of public debt for the benefit of Corsair could be included in the finance law for 2025, giving the company a huge breath of fresh air and good hope of recovery. The information was revealed at the beginning of November by Le Canard chainé, its realization will depend on the continuation of the budgetary discussions before Parliament. The same...